Geum triflorum - (image 1 of 6)
Taxonomy
Family: Rosaceae
Habitat
Dry prairies, alvars.
Associates
Frequently found with Anemone patens wolfgangiana. Also associates with Amorpha canescens, Andropogon scoparius, Anemone cylindrica, Aster ptarmicoides, Aster sericeus, Bouteloua curtipendula, Carex brevior, Carex umbellata, Dodecatheon meadia, Gentiana puberulenta, Heuchera richardsonii, Kuhnia eupatoroides, Liastris aspera, Linum sulcatum, Lithospermum incisum, Panicum oligosanthes scribnerianum, Petalostemum purpureum, Phlox pilosa fuldiga, Solidago rigida, Sporobolus heterolepsis, Viola pedata lineariloba.
Distribution
From the upper Midwest, west to the Dakotas, south to NM and west to the Pacific. Also part of NY state.
Morphology
Herbaceous, subscapose perennial; leaves basal, pinnate compound with many more than 6 gradually reduced, lateral, and toothed or lobed leaflets; calyx campanulate, lobes 5, purple of purple-red, appressed or ascending; petals 5; styles straight, some elongating to more than 1 cm long; seeds bear long, feathery filaments to 2" long.
Notes
Flowers late April to early June
Wetland indicator: UPL in the Chicago area. FAC to FACU in some parts of it's range.
One of the first prairie plants to bloom. The flowers are followed by feathery seed heads that look like little puffs of smoke. Native Americans made tea from the roots.
References
Niering, W. A. 1979. The Audubon society field guide to North American
wildflowers: eastern region.
Knopf/Random House, New York.
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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