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Photographer: Theodore S. Cochrane
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Family Rosaceae
Geum canadense Jacq.
white avens
Geum: an ancient Latin name used by Pliny for this group
canadense: of or referring to Canada
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-36" tall forb with slender stems |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/2" wide, spreading petals nearly as long or longer than the sepals; inflorescence of erect flowers on long stalks in a branched cluster (corymb); blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | hooked, dry seeds in a roundish cluster |
| Leaf: | mostly 3-parted to undivided, toothed; long-stalked basal leaves with the end and side segments mostly alike |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, disturbed sites |
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