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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geum virginianum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum virginianum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-002:
Geum virginianum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Geum hirsutum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Geum virginianum
COMMON NAME:
Pale Avens, Cream Avens
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gevi4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170325_215
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120628_332b
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120702_373
July Greenville County SC
Sepals green, lanceolate, 4-7mm long, acute, spreading to reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120702_376
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120703_404
July Greenville County SC
Flowers about 0.6" wide, the petals much shorter than the sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
flowers of Pale and White Avens
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JK Marlow jkm120827_065
August Greenville County SC
Densely soft-hairy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120828_077
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120829_134
August Greenville County SC
Principal leaves irregularly pinnate, w mostly ovate to lanceolate segments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160827_683
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Stipules of Geum virginianum much larger than those of G. canadense.
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JK Marlow jkm080921_010
September Greenville County SC
Mid-cauline leaves very coarsely toothed, with 1-5 teeth per cm of margin, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm080921_012
September Greenville County SC
Larger stipules greater than 10mm wide, coarsely toothed or even lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm080921_016
September Greenville County SC
Style persistent, with a tight kink; style above kink 1-2mm long & ~ deciduous, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Canada Sanicle and Pale Avens
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JK Marlow jkm080921_019
September Greenville County SC
COMPARE
fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
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JK Marlow jkm080921_030
September Greenville County SC
Calyx reflexed soon after anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.