Agrimonia repens, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 33

4. A. repens L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1046 (1759)

( A. odorata Miller ).

Stem 50-100 cm, villous, with long and short eglandular hairs; without basal rosette. Leaves large, coriaceous, dark green above, greyish-green beneath; leaflets overlapping. Stipules large. Pedicels at maturity (4-)5(-10) mm; bracts often ovate and entire. Petals 5-7 mm, golden yellow, oblong, rounded at apex. Hypanthium (including bristles), 10-12 x 12-14 mm, cylindrical, with deep and narrow grooves for | of its length; disc stout, projecting by c. 1 -5 mm; lowest bristles distinctly deflexed. Formerly cultivated in gardens and now naturalized in various parts of Europe. [Au Be Cz Ge?It Rm Tu.] (Anatolia.)