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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}{{Italic title}}{{Speciesbox | name = Tall hairy agrimony| image = Agrimonia gryposepala flowers.jpg| image_caption = A. gryposepala flowers| genus = Agrimonia| species = gryposepala| authority = Wallr.| range_map = | range_map_caption = | status = G5| status_system = TNC

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TITLE = NATURESERVE EXPLORER - AGRIMONIA GRYPOSEPALA, NatureServe, }}Agrimonia gryposepala (commonly known as tall hairy agrimony,Plants Profile for Agrimonia gyrosepala Retrieved 2010-03-13. common agrimony,{{GRIN | accessdate=2010-03-13}} hooked agrimony, or tall hairy grooveburrITIS Standard Report Page: ''Agrimonia gryposepala Retrieved 2010-03-13.) is a small perennial flowering plant of the rose family (Rosaceae), which is native to North America. This plant was used by various indigenous peoples to treat medical problems such as diarrhea and fever. Name and description The plant grows 1–5 ft (about 30–150 cm) high, producing a cluster of small, yellow, 5-parted flowers on a hairy stalk above pinnate leaves. The fruits are hooked dry seeds grouped in a cluster. A spicy scent is released when the stem is crushed.Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Retrieved 2010-03-13.Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012933weblink |date=2011-09-28 }} Retrieved 2010-03-13. The plant's native range covers most of the United States and Canada (except the Rocky Mountains) and extending south to Chiapas, Mexico. It grows in woodlands and forests.The specific epithet, gryposepala, is derived from the Greek grypos, meaning curved or hooked,Henry Liddell and Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, online at the Perseus Project. and from sepala, meaning sepal.{{Citation needed|reason=Please replace these sources with another source providing an explanation of the full compound. The second source seems so be incorrect, as sepala is actually the plural of sepalum and grypo as mentioned by the second source is not the nominative case in ancient Greek.|date=August 2019}} The name "grooveburr," which is sometimes applied to the plant, comes from the grooved shape of the seedpod or burr. Conservation status in the United States It is listed as threatened in Kentucky.WEB,weblink Plants Profile for Agrimonia gryposepala (tall hairy agrimony ), plants.usda.gov, 22 January 2018, Uses Across North America, various indigenous peoples used the plant for medicinal purposes. Among the Iroquois people, a drink made from the roots of the plant was used for diarrhea.BOOK, James W. Herrick and Dean R. Snow,weblink Iroquois Medical Botany, Syracuse University Press, 1997, 0-8156-0464-5, 161, Among the Cherokee, the plant was used for the same purpose, to reduce fever, and for a range of other problems.BOOK, Daniel E. Moerman,weblink registration, Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary, Timber Press, 2009, 978-0-88192-987-4, 52–53, The Ojibwe used the plant for urinary problems, and the Meskwaki and Prairie Potawatomi used it as a styptic for nosebleeds.These ethnobotanical uses of the plant have some similarities to the traditional medical uses of Agrimonia eupatoria, which is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. References {{Reflist}} External links {{Commons category|Agrimonia gryposepala}} California Native Plant Link Exchange: Plants that Grow with Agrimonia gryposepala. {{Taxonbar|from=Q4694119}}