White Avens (Geum canadense)
Image ID: 2016/bf51L
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·leaf
Native
Family:
Rosacae (Rose)
Height: 1.5 to 2.5 ft.
Blooms: June to
August
Leaf Type:
divided
Bloom Size: 0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Butler-Freeport Trail
Date: 6/25/2016
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White Avens may be
easily confused with:
- Thimble weed
Thimble weed has a larger and showier flower. Look carefully at the leaves - those of thimble weed are so deeply lobed that they almost look like they're divided, while the lower leaves of the avens are truly divided.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
