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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Wood Avens
| image = Geum urbanum bgiu.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Geum]]''
| species = '''''G. urbanum'''''
| binomial = ''Geum urbanum''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''Wood Avens''' (''Geum urbanum'') also known as '''Herb Bennet''', '''Colewort''' and '''St. Benedict's herb''' is a perennial plant in the Rose family ([[Rosaceae]]) which grows in shady places (such as [[woodland]] edges and near hedgerows) in [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]].

Usually reaching a height between 20 and 60 cm, wood avens blooms between May and August and its flowers are 1 - 2 cm in diameter, having five bright yellow petals. The [[hermaphrodite]] flowers are scented and pollinated by [[bee]]s. The fruits have burrs, which are used for dispersal by getting caught in the fur of [[rabbit]]s and other animals. The root is used as a [[spice]] in [[soups]] and also for flavouring [[ale]].