Yellow Avens
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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 leaves. The flowers 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.