Family: Asteraceae Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum Flowering time: July-September. Perennial Common in southern England and Wales in damp woodland, marshes and heaths and on roadsides and waste ground. A tall downy plant with branched, reddish stems bearing tiny red-pink flowers in large branched panicles. The basal leaves are obovate, stem leaves trifoliate with 3(-5) toothed leaflets. Height to 120cm. Larvae of the Hemp-agrimony Plume moth, Adaina microdactyla feed in the stems, forming distinctive galls

Hemp-agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum
Godlingston Hill, Dorset. October 2012