Geum peckii Pursh

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Rosaceae

• Scientific Name

  Geum peckii Pursh

• Description

  Species Description - Stems 1.5–4 dm from a coarse rhizome, nearly smooth below, more hairy above; basal lvs with a rounded-reniform terminal lfl 5–10 cm wide, shallowly 5–7-lobed, sharply and irregularly serrate, truncate to subcordate at base, and 0–6 much smaller, laciniate lateral lfls rarely over 1 cm; cauline lvs resembling the lateral lfls of the basal lvs; sep triangular, twice as long as the bractlets; pet yellow, 8–15 mm, spreading; mature styles 8–10 mm, hairy about half their length; 2n=42. Damp slopes and alpine meadows in the higher mts. of Me. and N.H. July, Aug. (Sieversia p.)

• Common Names

  white-mountain-avens