White Avens, Geum canadense, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	White Avens	Geum canadense Jacq.	Rose	Woodland and Upland	Early Summer
Other names and notes	An erect plant, 1 to 2 feet high, with slightly hairy stems and the white petals as long or longer than the green sepals. Lower basal leaves have three, toothed leaflets, while the upper stem leaves are smaller toothed leaflets.


Above left: The flower and upper stem leaf. Right: The lower leaf. Below: Late July seed head.

Notes: This plant is indigenous to the Garden area. Eloise Butler catalogued it on May 25, 1907. This plant is native to Minnesota and is found in most counties throughout the state except the Arrowhead and a few other scattered northern counties.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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