Geum canadense Jacq.

• 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 canadense Jacq.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems slender, 4–10 dm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent below, becoming minutely but densely velvety-puberulent above and on the pedicels, often also with a few scattered long hairs; basal lvs long-petioled, with mostly 3 obovate lfls; cauline lvs mostly shorter-petioled, with more oblong-lanceolate to rhombic lfls, the uppermost simple and subsessile; pet white, nearly as long as the sep, or longer; head of frs obovoid, 10–15 mm; receptacle densely bristly, the hairs protruding among the ovaries at anthesis but shorter than the achenes, these hairy at least above, 2.5–3.5 mm excluding the style; 2n=42. Dry or moist woods; N.S. to Minn. and N.D., s. to Ga. and Tex. May, June. (G. camporum)

• Common Names

  white avens