Geum macrophyllum

(Bur Avens)

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Geum macrophyllum, North Fork Rd, FR411, Las Animas Co. 7161

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Geum macrophyllum, Indiana Creek, Summit Co. 6791

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Geum macrophyllum, Peak 7, Breckenridge, Summit Co. 8291

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Geum macrophyllum, Peak 7, Breckenridge, Summit Co. 8213

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Geum macrophyllum, Indiana Creek, Summit Co. 6747/6751

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Geum macrophyllum, Peaks Trail, Breckenridge, Summit Co. 7822

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Geum macrophyllum, Peak 7, Breckenridge, Summit Co. 8221

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Leaflets, Geum macrophyllum, Peaks Trail, Breckenridge, Summit Co. 7831

Scientific Name Geum macrophyllum USDA PLANTS Symbol GEMA4
Common Name Bur Avens, Large-leaf Avens ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 24654
Family Rosaceae (Rose) SEINet
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Description Life zones and habitat: Foothills to subalpine (5500 to 10000 ft ft.); moist areas in meadows, forests, streamsides.
Plant: Tall, erect perennial 12 to 48 inches tall; hairy stems, usually unbranched.
Leaves: Petiolate basal and stem leaves, margins irregularly cleft to toothed; basal leaves 3 to 12 inches long, pinnately-divided into 5 to 9 leaflets, the terminal one divided into 3 parts; stem leaves smaller, mostly divided into 3 leaflets, each 3/4 to 4-3/4 inches long, oblanceolate with leaf-like stipules, 1/4 to 3/4-inch long.
Inflorescence: Cyme of 2 to 15 flowers with 5 roundish, bright yellow petals; numerous (20 +/-) stamens; sepals erect-spreading initially, becoming reflexed.
Bloom Period: June to September.
Fruit: Bur-like seedhead with many styles bent at tips.
Reference: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, "Guide to Colorado Wildflowers" by G.K. Guennel, "The Alpine Flora of the Rocky Mountains" by Richard W. Scott, and SEINet.
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Colorado Status:
Native

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