| Description | A rough somewhat sprawling plant with white flowers and hooked seed pods. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Sunlight | sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | Found growing in thickets, woodland edges, woodland opening in dry to moist soil. |
| Flowers | white, 5 petals with 5 alternating narrow sepals, solitary or in small clusters and the numerous stamens surrounded a mounded center, May to June |
| Fruit | mounded seed head, seeds have a hooked seed pod, hooks are transformed styles |
| Leaves | alternate, lower leaves have 3 toothed leaflets and the leaf stalks get smaller up the stem, pair of leafy stipules will be found at the base of the leaves |
| Dimensions | up to 2.5 feet tall |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native |
| Misc Facts | The name Geum is derived from the Greek "geno" which means "to yield an agreeable fragrance" or from the Greek word "geuein" which means to "to give a good taste". |
| Notes & Reference | #14-Hedge maids and Fairy Candles (Jack Sanders) , #65-North Woods Wildflowers (Doug Ladd), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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