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Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
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Hemp-agrimony description
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Anthophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Eupatorium (1) |
Hemp-agrimony is a tall and bushy plant which is in no way related to the plants hemp or agrimony (4). It has a woody rootstock and downy shoots that may have short branches with toothed segments, but the leaves on stem braches are lance or egg-shaped (2). The flat flower heads are pinkish-purple or, more rarely, whitish (5) and have earned the plant the local name of ‘raspberries and cream’ in some areas (6).
- Also known as
- cream, raspberries.
- Dune slacks
- Depressions between sand dunes that are often wet during the winter.
- Perennial
- Plants that live for at least three seasons; after an initial period they produce flowers once a year.
- National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (September 2003): http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
- Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G., and Moore, D.M. (1987) Flora of the British Isles 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. and Dines, T.D. (2002) New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Mabey, R. (1996) Flora Britannica. Sinclair-Stevenson, London.
- Stace, C. (1991) New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Grigson, G. (1996) The Englishmans Flora. Helicon Publishing, Ltd., Oxford.
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Hemp-agrimony biology
Hemp-agrimony is a perennial herb (3) that flowers in late summer and early autumn (6). The flowers are pollinated mainly by butterflies and moths, and to a lesser extent by bees and flies. Cross-pollination with flowers in the same flower head can also occur, however (2).
In The compleat herbal of 1694, hemp-agrimony was listed as a cure for, amongst other things, catarrh and coughs, obstructions of the urine and jaundice (6).
TopHemp-agrimony range
This native plant is widespread and common throughout much of Britain (2), but becomes scarcer towards the north and is mainly a coastal species in Scotland (3) (5). It is absent from the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland (2). Hemp-agrimony is also found in the Channel Islands, most of Europe, western and central Asia and North Africa (2).
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Hemp-agrimony habitat
Found in a broad range of wet and damp habitats, such as marshes, wet heath, wet woodland, fen-meadows, dune slacks and beside water. It is not as common in dry habitats, but it may occur in dry woodlands, waste ground and on hedge banks (3).
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Hemp-agrimony status
Common and widespread: not threatened (3).
TopHemp-agrimony threats
This species is not threatened at present.
TopHemp-agrimony conservation
Conservation action is not required for this common species.
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For more on British native plants and for details of how to get involved in plant conservation visit the website of Plantlife, the wild plant charity:
www.plantlife.org.uk
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