Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.

Authority

Kline, Genevieve J. & Sørensen, Paul D. 2008. A revision of (Rosaceae) in North and Central America.

Family

Rosaceae

Scientific Name

Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.

Description

Species Description - Herbaceous perennial 3.5-15 dm. Roots fibrous, tubers absent. Stems with short stalked glandular hairs and with hirsute hairs scattered, erect, about 2 mm long. Stipules approximately half ovate, incised, the largest 0.8 - 3.5 x 0.4 - 2.4 cm. Major leaflets 3-13 (mid-cauline five to seven); blades obovate to elliptic to rhombic, sometimes broadly so, the apex somewhat obtuse to acute to rarely acuminate; abaxial surface with short stalked and sessile, glistening glandular hairs, very sparsely to moderately hirsute along the veins, the stiff hairs 0.5 - 2mm long; terminal leaflets the largest, the largest of these 3.2- 10.5 x 1.4-5.6 cm. Minor leaflets 1-3 pairs between each major leaflet pair. Inflorescence rachis with short stalked and sessile, glistening glandular hairs and sparsely to scattered hirsute, with the stiff hairs erect, about 2 mm long. Flowers numbering to 80 on each raceme, usually alternate along the rachis; sepals 1.9- 3.2 x 1.4-1.8 mm, apex attenuate and hooked when connivent; petals 2.4-4.2 x 1.3- 3.1 mm. Mature fruiting hypanthium some what obconic to turbinate to campanulate, deeply to shallowly sulcate two-thirds to nearly the entire length, the rim often expanded, with hooked bristles in 4-5 circum ferential rows, the lowermost reflexed; hypanthium surface with short stalked and sessile, glistening glandular hairs, the ridges and base often sparsely hirsute. Mature reflexed fruit with hypanthia 2.3-5.8 x 2.8- 6.2 mm.

Discussion

Type: United States. Penn- sylvania: in graminosis, Aug 1824, E. Poeppig s.n. (lectotype, designated by Kline & Sorensen, 1990: W 342339; isolectotypes: HAL, MO, PR,

Agrimonia eupatoria 6parvflora Hook., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 197. 1832. Type: Canada. [Ontario:] Lake Huron, [1832], Dr. C. Todd s.n. (lectotype, here designated: K; isolectotype, left plant on sheet with Schweinitz collection

Agrimonia parviflora Aiton var. macrocarpa Focke in J. D. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 16: 3. 1891. A. macrocarpa (Focke) Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 22(5): 392. 1913. Type: Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: Coban, 4300 pp, Feb 1889, H. von Tiirckheim 1409 (holotype: BREM; isotype:

Phenology. Flowering from July to mid-August(-September) to March in Mexico and Guatemala.

Selected specimens examined. CANADA. BRITISH COLUMBIA: Fraser, Popcum District, near Agassiz, 2 Sep 1912, Taylor s. n. (UBC). MANITOBA: Turtle Mt. Prov. Park, Adam Lake, 49º02' N, 100º04' W, 25 Jul 1978, Keleher 458 (CAN). NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton, Cheticamp, Aug 1917, Johansen s.n. (CAN). ONTARIO: Simcoe Co., Thunder Beach, Tiny Twp., 9 Aug 1952, Soper 5 (CAN, TRT). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Prince Co., 6 Aug 1912, Fernald et al. 7656 (CAN, PH). QUEBEC: Argenteuil Co., Greenville Twp., escarpment 3 miles E of Fassett near Petite River, 45º39' N, 74º48' W, 19 Sep 1980, Shchepanek 3360

UNITED STATES. ARIZONA: Gila Co., Peterson's Ranch, Sierra Ancha, 2100 m, 13 Aug 1958, Johnson s. n. (ARIZ). CALIFORNIA: Mendocino Co., Red Mt. near Ukiah, 24 Jul 1909, McMurphy 559 (DS, ENCB). COLORADO: Boulder Co., Boulder, Baird Park, ca. 1720 m, 20 Jul 1965, Salamun & Erdman 2046 (TEX). CONNECTICUT: Hartford Co., Rainbow, Windsor, 14 Aug 1905, Weatherby 1550 (NEBC). GEORGIA: Bartow Co., Pumkinvine Cr., US 41, 1 mile N of Cobb Co. line, 30 Jul 1972, Eudaly 206 (AUA). ILLINOIS: Fayette Co., N of Loogootee, 6 Jul 1940, O'Dell 170 (ILL). INDIANA: Fountain Co., Switzer Place ca. 5 miles E of Kingman, Sect. 34 NW, Jackson Twp., 21 Jul 1952, Buser 1860 (ILL); St. Joseph Co., Notre Dame, 8 Jul 1908, Nieuw- land 1886 (ND 14418). KANSAS: Marshall Co., 1.5 miles S of Marysville, 18 Jul 1953, Horr 4606 (KANU). KENTUCKY: Madison Co., ca. 2.8 miles S of Berea along Burnt Ridge Rd. and ca. 2.5 miles E of jct. with KY 1617, 475 m, 24 Jul 1982, Taylor 2033 (NLU). MAINE: Knox Co., Rockport, SW slope of Bear Hill, 19 Aug 1975, Rossbach & Hotchkiss 8409 (MAINE). MARYLAND: Garrett Co., Savage River, 30 Jul 1972, Hager s.n. (NLU). MASSACHUSSETTs: Berkshire Co., W. Stockbridge, 22 Aug 1902, Hoffman s.n. (NEBC). MICHIGAN: Berrien Co., Bertrand, 15 Jul 1912, Nieuwland 10465 (ND 14412). MINNESOTA: Kandiyoki Co., Wilmer, Jul 1892, Frost s.n. (ILL). MISSOURI: Putnam Co., 3 miles NW of Worthington, just SE of Mapleton, 13 Sep 1954, Steyermark 77236 (UMO). MONTANA: Cascade Co., Belt Mts. near Hound Cr., 2 Aug 1883, Scribner 38 (PH). NEBRASKA: Cherry Co., N side of Valentine, banks of Minnechaduza Cr., 12 Sep 1970, Johnson 2904 (KANU). NEW HAMPSHIRE: Carroll Co., Chatham, Butler Hill Rd., 2 Aug 1968, Harris 32815 (NEBC). NEW JERSEY: Warren Co., 1 mile NE of Belvidere, 30 Jul 1948, Schaeffer 29151 (PH). NEW MEXICO: San Miguel Co., E fork of Galinas River, 23 Oct 1939, Drouet & Richards 3336 (CAS). NEW YORK: Lewis Co., Tug Hill Plateau, 2.5 miles SW of Castorland (Denmark), 24 Jul 1927, Hotchkiss 2664 (NYS). NORTH CAROLINA: Orange Co., 1 mile S of Carrboro along Smith level rd., 8 Aug 1970, Leonard 3436 (GH, NY). NORTH DAKOTA: Rolette Co., Turtle Mts., 29 Jul 1910, Lunell s.n. (ILL, 2-MIN). OHIO: Logan Co., Lewiston Reservoir, 23 Aug 1897, Kellerman & Beatty s.n. (OS). PENNSYLVANIA: Allegheny Co., O'Hara Twp., 20 Jul 1902, Hatry s.n. (PH). RHODE ISLAND: Providence Co., between S. Scituate and Hope, 21 Jul 1920, Collins & Hope s.n. (NEBC). SOUTH DAKOTA: Todd Co., 2 miles S and 1 mile E of Parmelee, 31 Jul 1965, Harms 3162 (KANU). TENNESSEE: Unicoi Co., 1 mile NE of Indian Grave Gap on Appalachian Trail Rd., 3 Jul 1986, Ma & Wofford 86-92 (NLU). VIRGINIA: Monroe Co., Sweet Springs, 1806, Pursh s.n., Southern Expedition (PH). WASHINGTON: Whatcom Co., Cascade Mts., 490 lat., Sumass Prairie, Jul 1859, Lyall s.n., Oregon Boundary Commision (K). WEST VIRGINIA: Monongalia Co., Cooper Rocks, Cheat River, 28 Aug 1911, MacElwee s.n. (DUKE, PH). WISCONSIN: Crawford Co., wayside on Hwy. 60, Sect. 32, T7N, R5W, 19 Aug 1973, Peters 113 (WIS).

Wyoming: Crook co., Black Hills, Bear Lodge Mts. Taylor Divide, ca 8.5 air miles S of Alva, 1620 m, 26 Jul 1983, Marriott 5070 (Kanu)

MEXICO. CHIAPAS: 9 miles SE San Crist6bal de las Casas on Mex. Hwy. 190, reservoir of Rancho Nuevo, ca. 2300 m, 19 Aug 1966, Breedlove 15071 (CAS, LL, MICH); 17 Oct 1965, Breedlove & Raven 13425 (CAS, F, MICH). COAHUILA: Mun. de Ocampo, Maderas del Carmen Mts., 6 Aug 1974, Riskind et al. 1747 (F, LL). NUEVO LEON: Mts. near Monterrey, Jul 1933, C. H. Mueller & M. E. Mueller 292

GUATEMALA. ALTA VERAPAZ: Coban, 1350 m, Oct. 1907, von Tiirckheim 111377 (MICH, 2-US). BAJA VERAPAZ: dry rocky hills N of Santa Rosa, 30 Mar 1939, Standley 69852 (F). CHIMALTENANGO: road to Panajachel between Los Idolos and Chocoyos, 2400 m, 12-23 Jan 1966, Molina et al. 16203 (F). EL QUICHi: Nejab, on Arroyo de la Pressa, ca. 500 m, 7 Jul 1964, Conteras 5238 (ENCB, 2-LL). HUEHUETENANGO: Cuesta de la Concepci6n, 9 Sep 1896, Seler & Seler 2765 (GH). QUEZALTENANGO: vicinity of Santa Maria de Jesus, 1500 m, 17 Jan 1940, Steyermark 34258 (F). SAN MARCOS: SW-facing slopes of Volcain Tajumulco, 9 miles NW of El Provenir between Finca El Porvenir and Loma Corona, 1300-2000 m, 14 Mar 1940, Steyermark 37757 (2-F). SUCHITEPEQUEZ: SW lower slopes of Volcan Asturias, NE of Pueblo Nuevo, 1200-1300 m, 1 Feb 1940, Steyermark 35329 (F).

The mature reflexed fruit of Agrimonia gryposepala is easily recognized by a grooved turbinate to campanulate hypanthium usually longer than 3 mm, by the 4-5 rows of circumferential bristles spread almost in a fan shape with the lowermost row reflexed, and by the slight hook at the sepal apex. Occasional plants of A. gryposepala may resemble plants of A. rostellata with five mid-cauline major leaflets interspersed with 0-1 pair of minor leaflets. Agrimonia gryposepala is distinguished by the mature reflexed fruit, hirsute hairs usually erect and approximately 2 mm long on the inflorescence rachis, and the absence of tuberous roots

Distribution

Agrimonia gryposepala has the most extensive range of the North and Central American species, occurring from Prince Edward Island to Guatemala in thickets and in deciduous, mixed deciduous, or pine woods (Fig. 6). Populations within Canada and the United States occur to 2100 m elevation. Populations in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala are usually infrequent and occur from 300 to 3000 m elevation

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