[4] With 2.7[5] times the mass of the Sun and at an age of 700 million years,[3] it has reached a stage in its evolution where the hydrogen fuel in its core is exhausted.

This energy is being emitted from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,020 K,[7] which gives it the yellow-hued glow of a G-type star.

[13] This star is a likely member of the thin disk population and the orbit departs by no more than 60 pc (200 ly) from the galactic plane.

It bore the traditional names Vindemiatrix and Vindemiator, which come from Greek through the Latin vindēmiātrix, vindēmiātor meaning 'the grape-harvestress'.

[20] Consequently, the Chinese name for Epsilon Virginis itself is 太微左垣四 (Tài Wēi Zuǒ Yuán sì, English: the Fourth Star of Left Wall of Supreme Palace Enclosure.