Geum canadense Jacq.

White Avens

Description:

·        A slender branching plant up to 1 m tall

·        Basal leaves have three widely lance-shaped leaflets

·        Few white flowers as long as or longer then the sepals

·        Pedicels lightly covered in short wolly hairs

·        Achenes have round heads

Habitat:

·        Wooded intervals/fertile soils

Distribution:

·        Edge of property near hay fields