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Photographer: Steve C. Garske
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Family Rosaceae
Geum rivale L.
purple avens, water avens
Geum: an ancient Latin name used by Pliny for this group
rivale: growing by streams
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-2' tall forb |
| Flower: | purple, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" long, bell-shaped, petals yellowish with purple veins and a little shorter than the purple sepals; inflorescence of several nodding flowers in an open cluster; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | hooked, dry, spreading seeds |
| Leaf: | basal leaves to 12", 3-5 parted; end leaflet oval to roundish, toothed and 3-lobed; stem leaves much smaller |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, forests, swamps |
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