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Geum vernum
Also called Early Water Avens, Heart Leaf Avens, Heart Leaved Avens
Geum vernum, also known as spring avens, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to the northeastern part of the United States that grows in floodplains and rich woods in the late spring. The species was used to study the fruit evolution in allopolyploid species of Geum and in the preparation of an antimicrobial substance in 1948.
Geum albiflorum · Yellow avens · Geum borisii · Bulgarian Avens · White avens · Catling's avens · Geum coccineum · Bent avens · Asian Herb Bennet · Rough avens · Coluria longifolia · Largeleaf Avens
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geum vernum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
