Hemp Agrimony

Eupatorium Cannabinum

Plant Data

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Asteraceae (Daisy)

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flowers:

Dense trusses of pale pink florets with long white styles and long purple-tipped bracts.

Fruit:

A 5-edged achene with a white pappus, 3mm long.

Leaves:

Palmate, opposite leaves, up to 10cm long, on reddish stems. 3 to 5 lanceolate leaflets. The leaves have toothed margins.

Maximum Size:

150cm tall.

Foraging Notes:

Not edible.
Never consume a wild plant unless you are 100% certain that it is safe to eat and you know that you have identified it correctly.

Aroma:

Pleasantly aromatic when cut.

Other Names:

Boneset, Common Dutch Agrimony, Eupatorio, Gravel-root, Hindheal, Holy Rope, Raspberries and Cream, St John's Herb, Sweet Maudlin, Sweet-smelling Trefoil, Water Agrimony, Water Maudlin.

Habitats:

Bogs, fens, marshes, wasteland, waterside, woodland.