Geum triflorum

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Geum triflorum, Pursh (Sieversia ciliata, Pursh). Low, softly hairy: lfts. very numerous and crowded, deeply cut: fls. 3 or more on long peduncles; calyx purple, as long as the petals. Coulter says the petals are erect. Arctic Amer. L.B.C. 17:1609. Fruit showy and interesting all summer.


Three-Flowered Avens
Geum triflorum
Geum triflorum
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Geum
Species: G. triflorum

Binomial name
Geum triflorum
Pursh
Varieties

Geum triflorum, (Three-Flowered Avens, Old Man's Whiskers, or Prairie Smoke) is a spring perennial prairie wild flower.

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