Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum canadense
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about White Avens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Geum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-001:
Geum canadense FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geum canadense
COMMON NAME:
White Avens
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JK Marlow jkm100626_106
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Sepals green, lanceolate, 4-7mm long, acute, spreading to reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8994
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8996
June Greenville County SC
Flowers about 0.5" wide; 5 rounded petals about equal in length to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
flowers of Pale and White Avens
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9053
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8733
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm240703_0116
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150827_899b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Aggregation of achenes in dry, bristly heads with hook-like appendages, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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JK Marlow jkm160818_619
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm180825_4185
August Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm180825_4186
August Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Lower leaves have 3 ovate toothed leaflets, upper leaves usually simple, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180825_4187
August Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3064
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3069
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5654
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5662
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5663
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum canadense
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Geum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-001:
Geum canadense
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geum canadense
609
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slope forests, bottomland forests, swamp forests, tidal swamps, rarely in submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal leaves vary from unlobed to 3-lobed or ternately or pinnately dissected. Stem leaves transition to simple and unlobed.
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
More than 25 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p232
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p156
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p312
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p117
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p148
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p068
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p240
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