What is "agrimonia eupatoria"

Egremoin \Eg"re*moin\, n. [See Agrimony.] Agrimony ( Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

harvest-lice \harvest-lice\ n. An erect perennial Old World herb ( Agrimonia eupatoria) of dry grassy habitats.

Syn: Agrimonia eupatoria.

Agrimony \Ag"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)

1. A genus of plants of the Rose family.

2. The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ( Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony ( Bidens).

   Note: The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.

Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony, church steeples or sticklewort.

The whole plant is dark green with numerous soft hairs. The soft hairs aid in the plant's seed pods sticking to any animal or person coming in contact with the plant. The flower spikes have a spicy odor like apricots. In the Language of Flowers Agrimony means thankfulness or gratitude.

A. eupatoria is a foodplant for the caterpillars of the snout moth Endotricha flammealis.