''Agrimonia striata'' (roadside agrimony, grooved agrimony,Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Retrieved 2010-03-13. agrimony, cocklebur, woodland agrimony,Gustave J. Yaki@Talk About Wildlife
Retrieved 2010-03-13. woodland grooveburr) is a species of

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forb A forb or phorb is a herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grass, sedge, or rush). The term is used in botany and in vegetation ecology especially in relation to grasslands and understory. Typically, these are eudicots without woo ...

belonging to the rose family (

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...

). It grows to about 40 inches (1m) producing a dense cluster (

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

) of 5-parted yellow flowers on a hairy stalk above pinnately-divided leaves. It is native to the

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, and

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.PLANTS Profile for ''Agrimonia striata''
Retrieved 2010-03-13. It is susceptible to downy mildew caused by the oomycete species ''

Peronospora agrimoniae ''Peronospora'' is a genus of downy mildews that are obligate plant pathogens. They can cause severe damage to many different cultivated crops, as well as wild and ornamental plants. ''Peronospora'' is most closely related to '' Pseudoperonospora ...

''. The species name ''striata'' means "striped".

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