Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rough Avens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-003:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rough Avens
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gela_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-003:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
3250
Forb (sometimes somewhat woody at base)
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare
Look for it in fens and wet meadows, rich alluvial soil of bottomland forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Leaves, particularly lower stem leaves, pinnately dissected or compound, then the divisions deeply lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
More than 25 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p149
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p068