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Geum canadense Jacq.

White avens

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassRosidaeRoses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
OrderRosalesRose family and eight others
FamilyRosaceaeIncludes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others
GenusGeumAn ancient Latin name used by Pliny for this group
Speciescanadense“From Canada”

About plant names...

White avens are North American native plants. They are members of the rose family.

Plants: 1½-2½′ (45-76 cm) tall. Lower stems have coarse hairs and a brownish color, becoming softer-haired and lighter in color toward the top.

Leaves: Lobed, looking a bit like a rounded maple leaf, or sometimes split into three separate leaflets like strawberry leaves. The basal leaves are trifoliate. They have long stems (petioles), and they are toothed, with sharp or rounded teeth.

Flowers: White, with five rather sparse-looking, rounded petals appearing between a five-pointed green star of sepals. The sepals are shorter than the petals.

Fruits: Burlike in appearance, like a little ball of velcro, though if you take a close look, the tips of the achenes, though bent, are not hooked to hitch a ride the way burs are. The fruits are the most easily noticed features of this plant, perched atop long stems.

These are closely similar:

 

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/14/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

10/18/2023 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/26/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

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Geum canadense
Common Name

white avens
Plant 1½-2½′ (45-76 cm) tall. Lower stems have coarse hairs and a brownish color, becoming softer-haired and lighter in color toward the top.
Flowers White, with five rather sparse-looking, rounded petals appearing between a five-pointed green star of sepals. The sepals are shorter than the petals.
Leaves Lobed, looking a bit like a rounded maple leaf, or sometimes split into three separate leaflets like strawberry leaves. The basal leaves are trifoliate. They have long stems (petioles), and they are toothed, with sharp or rounded teeth.
Fruit Burlike in appearance, like a little ball of velcro, though if you take a close look, the tips of the achenes, though bent, are not hooked to hitch a ride the way burs are. The fruits are the most easily noticed features of this plant, perched atop long stems.
Range/ Zones

Habitats Moist woods and thickets
Type Wild
Occurrence Common

 

Online References:

Illinois Wildflowers

Missouriplants.com

CalPhotos

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

Spes.vt.edu

Minnesota Wildflowers

References:

Clemants, Steven; Gracie, Carol, Wildflowers in the Field and Forest, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 302

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/22/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/22/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/8/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Ctr, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/8/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Ctr, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 3½″ (14 × 9.6 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/22/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/26/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/14/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/23/2017 · Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Penn­syl­vania · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

 

Geum canadense description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 5 Oct 2021.

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Geum canadense (white avens)

7/30/2016 · Huguenot Flatwater, James River Park System, Richmond, Virginia

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/30/2016 · Huguenot Flatwater, James River Park System, Richmond, Virginia

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/8/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Ctr, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 3½″ (14 × 9.6 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/24/2010 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) ID is uncertain

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/22/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/8/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Ctr, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 22 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/26/2015 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/14/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)

Geum canadense (white avens)

6/22/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Geum canadense (white avens)

7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

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