Hemp-agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum
Robust medium to tall hairy plant. Stem erect often reddish. Leaves opposite, deeply 3-5 lobed, leaflets coarsely toothed. Flowerheads pink or purplish 2 to 5 mm in dense rather flat topped clusters, florets all tubular.
Damp habitats. Streamsides etc.
July to September.
Perennial.
Fairly common in some parts of England and Wales but scarce elsewhere.
Never common locally and is now becoming scarce in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 24 of the 617 tetrads.
In the current checklist (Jeeves 2011) it is listed as Native; occasional; becoming scarce
David Nicholls
Priory Water
13 August 2016
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
28 July 2011
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
08 September 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
16 August 2015
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
01 September 2012
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
16 August 2015
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
04 September 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Hemp-agrimony
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 63
- First record:
- 24/08/1996 (Steve Woodward)
- Last record:
- 29/07/2025 (Smith, Peter)
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David Nicholls
Priory Water
13 August 2016
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
01 September 2012
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
16 September 2013
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
01 July 2011 Downpipe on Wall of Factory Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4922 9342 (taken 17.9.2007),..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
17 September 2007. Downpipe on Wall of Factory Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4922 9342 (taken 17.9.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
17 September 2007
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
02 August 2011
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
08 September 2014
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
05 August 2011
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk Leire
08 July 2012
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
01 September 2012 Burbage Common SP45159485 (taken 31.8.2010).JPG)
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
31 August 2010
David Gould
Narborough Bog
01 July 2014
David Nicholls
Leire Cutting
30 July 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
08 September 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
16 August 2015
David Nicholls
Fleckney
16 July 2016
David Nicholls
Fleckney
16 July 2016
David Nicholls
Fleckney
16 July 2016
 Downpipe on Wall of Factory Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4922 9342 (taken 17.9.2007),..JPG)
. Downpipe on Wall of Factory Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4922 9342 (taken 17.9.2007).JPG)
 Burbage Common SP45159485 (taken 31.8.2010).JPG)
Hemp-agrimony Plume
The larva of the Hemp-agrimony Plume moth (Adaina microdactyla) galls the stems of Hemp-agrimony and this moth is probably most easily recorded by recording the galls or exit holes in the host plant.
Liriomyza strigata
The larva of the Agromyzid fly Liriomyza strigata mines the leaves of a wide variety of plants, with records from 47 plant genera in 15 plant families in Britain. It is an upper surface mine usually following the midrib and showing side branches along the veins, but the mine can be variable depending on the host plant used. Frass appears in long strings.
Liriomyza eupatorii
The larvae of the fly Liriomyza eupatorii mine the leaves of various plants, including Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum). The mine usually starts with a spiral (that quickly turns brown) and then extends into a fairly straight corridor of similar width throughout its length. The frass occurs in long strings.