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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Rosaceae
Geum triflorum Pursh var. triflorum
old-man's-whiskers, prairie-smoke
Geum: an ancient Latin name used by Pliny for this group
triflorum: Latin for three-flowered
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall, hairy forb |
| Flower: | pink to purplish, 5-parted, 1" long, petals longer than the sepals; inflorescence of several flowers, nodding when young; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | dry seeds at the ends of long, thread-like styles |
| Leaf: | basal leaves 4"-8" long, pinnately-divided into 7-17 progressively larger leaflets; stem with a few small leaves |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry to moderate moisture; prairies, woods; in sandy, loamy soil |
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