[Avens: The Genus Geum in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens

Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Synonyms: Erythrocoma campanulata, Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum campanulatum, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. campanulatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Geum triflorum var. triflorum, Sieversia campanulata, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata

Flower and upper stem leaf of Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata) - Mid-stem leaves of Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the nodding flower of prairie smoke as seen in a riparian area to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway, on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........May 13, 2007. Note the numerous spreading hairs on the stem, leaves and outer surface of the petals and sepals. The photo at right shows a close-up of a leaf of the upper stem of prairie smoke as seen in a riparian area to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway..........May 13, 2007.

Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma campanulata, Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum campanulatum, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. campanulatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Geum triflorum var. triflorum, Sieversia campanulata, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata) - Flowers of Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma campanulata, Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum campanulatum, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. campanulatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Geum triflorum var. triflorum, Sieversia campanulata, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata)

Prairie smoke blooming in wetlands along a drainage through open forest alongside What Road at the high point on Department of Natural Resources lands, Yakima County, WA.....May 31, 2024. (T16R16E S7)

Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata) - Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Synonyms: Erythrocoma campanulata, Erythrocoma ciliata, Geum campanulatum, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. campanulatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Geum triflorum var. triflorum, Sieversia campanulata, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata)

The photo at left shows prairie smoke as seen in a riparian area to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway........May 13, 2007. Note the numerous pinnatifid leaves and the pendant flowers. The photo at right shows prairie smoke forming wispy seed heads as seen along Forest Spur Road 4440-160 about one-half mile east of the rock quarry, Mount Hood National Forest......July 9, 2022.

Paul Slichter