Kingdom:
Phylum:
Angiosperms
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Genus:
Species:
pringlei
ID:
986105

Status:
valid

Authors:
Rydb.

Source:
rjp

Year:
1913

Citation Micro:
N. Amer. Fl. 22: 395 (1913)

WFO Identifier:
wfo-0000985443

Common Names

  • Agrimonia pringlei
  • Pringle's Agrimony
  • Pringle's Cocklebur

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Description

Agrimonia pringlei (also called 'Pringle's Agrimony', among many other common names) is a species of Agrimonia native to western North America from British Columbia to California. It is a shrub growing to 1–2 m tall, with pinnate leaves with 3-7 leaflets. The flowers are pink, 1–2 cm diameter, with five petals. It grows in dry, open woods and meadows.

Uses & Benefits

Agrimonia pringlei is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and its fruits are edible.

Flower, Seeds and Seedlings

Agrimonia pringlei has yellow flowers that are arranged in a raceme. The seed is a small, black, three-lobed nutlet. The seedlings have a rosette of lobed leaves.

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Cultivation and Propagation

Agrimonia pringlei is a perennial plant that grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil. Propagate by division in spring or by seed in autumn. It can also be propagated from cuttings.

Where to Find Agrimonia pringlei

Agrimonia pringlei can be found in the grasslands and shrublands of North America.

Species in the Rosaceae family

Acaena macrocephala, Acaena antarctica, Acaena argentea, Acaena boliviana, Acaena buchananii, Acaena echinata, Acaena agnipila, Acaena cylindristachya, Acaena confertissima, Acaena eupatoria, Acaena integerrima, Acaena leptacantha, Acaena ovina, Acaena magellanica, Acaena masafuerana, Acaena patagonica, Acaena tenera, Acaena platyacantha, Acaena pumila, Acaena splendens, Acaena stricta, Acaena stangii, Acaena trifida, Acaena pallida, Acaena caespitosa, Acaena saccaticupula, Acaena subincisa, Acaena hirsutula, Acaena fissistipula, Acaena glabra, Acaena tesca, Acaena juvenca, Acaena emittens, Acaena dumicola, Acaena profundeincisa, Acaena minor, Acaena alpina, Acaena montana, Acaena myriophylla, Acaena poeppigiana, Acaena anserovina, Acaena sericea, Acaena latebrosa, Acaena sarmentosa, Acaena elongata, Acaena exigua, Acaena rorida, Acaena novae-zelandiae, Acaena pinnatifida, Acaena inermis,