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Scientific name:

Geum macrophyllum

Vernacular name:

Avens, Large-leaved


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Large-leaved Avens

Scientific name: Geum macrophyllum Willd.

Diagnostic features
Stems to 1m, erect.
Stipules 6-15mm.
Flowers erect, with patent, yellow petals 3.5-7mm.
Achenes in sessile oblong head, with style glabrous or sometimes with glands near base.
Receptacle with sparse short hairs.

Chromosome number: (2n=42).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; in woods and by paths.

Distribution
Cards and several parts of Scotland; North America and Northeast Asia.

This species is keyed out on Page 2283 in the Text Key.

Geum macrophyllum
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