[The Rose Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Avens West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Geum

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 ciliata, Geum canescens, Geum ciliatum, Geum triflorum var. canescens, Sieversia canescens, Sieversia ciliata)

Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Bigleaf Avens, Largeleaf Avens, Large-leaf Avens, Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum (Synonyms: Geum macrophyllum ssp. macrophyllum, Geum macrophyllum ssp. perincisum Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum, Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum, Geum macrophyllum var. rydbergii, Geum oregonense, Geum perincisum, Geum perincisum var. intermedium) - Yellow flowers (the yellow is duller than the shiny yellow of buttercups) with 5 petals. Palmate, simple leaves are deeply parted into 3 lobes. Plant to 2 feet tall.

Western Red Avens: Geum triflorum var. campanulatum (Now lumped with the next variety.)

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

Herb Bennet, Herb-bennet: Geum urbanum -

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