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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Yellow Avens
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = [[Geum]]
| species = '''''G. aleppicum'''''
| binomial = ''Geum aleppicum''
| binomial_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]
}}
'''Yellow Avens''' (''Geum aleppicum'') is a [[flowering plant]] native to most of the temperate [[Northern Hemisphere]], from eastern [[Europe]] across [[Asia]] and [[North America]].
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 1 m tall with pinnate [[leaf|leaves]]. The [[flower]]s are 2 cm diameter, yellow, with five petals.
There are two [[subspecies]]:
*''Geum aleppicum'' subsp. ''aleppicum''. Europe and Asia.
*''Geum aleppicum'' subsp. ''strictum''. North America.
==External links==
*[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/rosa/geum/geumalev.jpg Distribution map]
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
{{Rosales-stub}}
[[simple:Yellow Avens]]