Photographs: Aughinish, Co. Limerick

Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria Marbhdhraighean Family: Rosaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Tall spikes of small yellow flowers with 5 usually un-notched petals. The flowers are not fragrant. Pinnate alternate leaves with 3-6 pairs toothed leaflets and smaller intermediate leaflets. Hooked bristles on fruit. An erect branched or unbranched hairy plant. To 100cm. Found on dry grassland, hedgerows and roadsides on calcareous soils. Similar: Fragrant Agrimony, A.procera has sticky glands below the leaves and fragrant flowers with notched petals. Grows on acidic soils

Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria, Marbhdhraighean