Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum geniculatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bent Avens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum geniculatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Geum geniculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-006:
Geum geniculatum FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geum geniculatum
COMMON NAME:
Bent Avens
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmggeniculatum_gfm1
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Nodding cup-shaped yellowish flowers with numerous stamens and pistils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmggeniculatum_gfm2
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Hairy greenish-maroon acute-tipped sepals about same length as petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmggeniculatum_gfm3
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmggeniculatum_habitgfm
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Flowers in a weakly paniculate cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmggeniculatum_lfgfm
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Basal leaves with 3 large terminal divisions, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_geumgeniculatum
July? NC-TN
Petals almost truncate at apex, gradually narrowed to prominent claws, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum geniculatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum geniculatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Geum geniculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-006:
Geum geniculatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geum geniculatum
2481
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: seeps, seepy boulderfield forests, grassy balds, cliff bases, banks of cool streams up to about 5 m wide, at high to moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare, though locally fairly common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Basal leaves with 3 large terminal divisions, the rachis with 1-4 lateral pairs of smaller divisions. Stem leaves trifoliolate or simple and 3-lobed.
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Pinkish/Whitish/Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p149
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p068
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