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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Geum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-001:

Geum canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Geum canadense

 

COMMON NAME:
White Avens


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JK Marlow    jkm100626_106

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Sepals green, lanceolate, 4-7mm long, acute, spreading to reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8994

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8996

June    Greenville County    SC

Flowers about 0.5" wide; 5 rounded petals about equal in length to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE flowers of Pale and White Avens

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm190604_9053

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm220626_8733

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm150827_899b

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Aggregation of achenes in dry, bristly heads with hook-like appendages, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE fruits that are an aggregate of achenes

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm160818_619

August    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4185

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4186

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Lower leaves have 3 ovate toothed leaflets, upper leaves usually simple, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4187

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3064

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3069

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5654

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5662

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Geum canadense, White Avens

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5663

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Geum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-001:
Geum canadense   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geum canadense

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist slope forests, bottomland forests, swamp forests, tidal swamps, rarely in submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves vary from unlobed to 3-lobed or ternately or pinnately dissected. Stem leaves transition to simple and unlobed.
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
More than 25 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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