Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Rough Avens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geum laciniatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Geum laciniatum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geum laciniatum var. laciniatum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geum laciniatum var. trichocarpum
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum laciniatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geum laciniatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Geum laciniatum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geum laciniatum var. laciniatum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geum laciniatum var. trichocarpum
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
Habitat: fens and wet meadows, rich alluvial soil of bottomland forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (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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