Agrimonia pilosa var. pilosa




Family Rosaceae
Subfamily Rosoideae
Tribe Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe Agrimoniinae
Scientific name Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. pilosa
Synonyms Agrimonia eupatoria L. var. japonica (Miquel) Masamune; Agrimonia japonica (Miquel) Koidzumi; Agrimonia obtusifolia A. I. Baranov & Skvortsov; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour subsp. japonica (Miquel) H. Hara; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. japonica (Miquel) Nakai; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. viscidula (Bunge) Komarov; Agrimonia viscidula Bunge; Agrimonia viscidula Bunge var. japonica Miquel
Common name (Japanese common name) kin-mizuhiki (キンミズヒキ, 金水引 [meaning: golden mizuhiki (mizuhiki = traditional decorations on envelope)])
(English common name) agrimony, cocklebur
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia (Far East, Siberia), Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Northern Europe
Chromosomal number 2n=56
Description Plants electing 50-150cm tall. Leaves 10-16cm long. Flowers yellow 7-10mm long, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.
Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour



August 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2006
at edge of forest
August 2006
at edge of forest


August 2006
at edge of forest
August 2006
at edge of forest
August 2006
at edge of forest


April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden