Agrimonia procera Wallr. - syn.Agrimonia repens L.; Agrimonia odorata auct. (non Mill.) - Rosaceae \\
fragrant agrimony, **Großer Odermennig**, Wohlriechender Odermennig

Erect perennial herb, very similar to A.eupatoria but much less common, 0.50-1.80m high, native to Europe, also cultivated; leaves with green to glaucous lower (abaxial) surface, not hoary, with fragrant glands; flowers yellow, 1cm across; fruit lower spines bent downwards.

The dried aboveground parts are also a source of 'Agrimoniae herba' (used to treat mucosal inlfammations of the troat and acute diarrhoea) like that of  of [[agrimonia_eupatoria_l|A.eupatoria]]. 

Dried flowers and leaves are used for scenting pillows and in pot purri. \\
[New Perfume Handbook., Groom, N. (Ed.)., Springer Science & Business Media., 1997, p.3]

"It is similar to A.eupatoria but can easily be distinguished by its fragrant smell." \\
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 36] 

Radical scavenging capacity of Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony) and Agrimonia procera (Fragrant agrimony) extracts varied in a wide range. Extracts isolated with polar solvents (acetone/n-BuOH and acetone/water) were characterised as possessing higher value. \\
[Radical scavenging capacity of Agrimonia eupatoria and Agrimonia procera., Venskutonis, P.R., Škėmaitė, M., Ragažinskienė, O., Fitoterapia, Vol.78(2), 2007, 166-168]

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Kops et al., J., Flora Batava, vol.17, t.1346 (1885) \\
[[http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=30479]]


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Agrimonia procera, Zurndorf, Leithaboden 2017; author: Rolf Marschner,  
[[http://botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=573&t=4664| www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at]]