Spikes of small yellow flowers crown this 36–40-inch tall, erect plant with a hairy stem and leaves. Note the narrow spikes of small, yellow flowers, and leaves with variable-sized leaflets.

FLOWERS: July-September. Yellow with 5 petals, 3/16 inch (4 mm) long, densely crowded on a spike-like cluster blooming from bottom upward. The outer rim of the flower head is lined with tiny hooked bristles.

LEAVES: Alternate. Blades hairy, pinnately compound to 8-inches (20 cm) long; note the mix of 7-13 large and small leaflets, elliptic to oval, 1 3/16–4 3/4-inches (3–12 cm) long, margins with coarse teeth.

HABITAT: Moist soils of stream sides, meadows; mixed conifer forests.

ELEVATION: 6,300–8,800 feet.

RANGE: AZ, CO, NM; scattered through Rocky Mt., Great Lake, New England states.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Tall Agrimony, A. gryposepala, in much the same range, has minute differences in the hairs on the leaf bottoms.

NM COUNTIES: Mountains of NM in mid- to high-elevation, moist habitats.