Geum macrophyllum

Large-Leaved Avens
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Geum
Species:	G. macrophyllum
Binomial name
Geum macrophyllum Willd.
Varieties
G. m. var. macrophyllum G. m. var. perincisum

Geum macrophyllum in fruit

Geum macrophyllum, commonly known as largeleaf avens or large-leaved avens ^[2] is a flowering plant found from the Arctic south to the northern U.S. states, and in the Rocky Mountains and west to the Sierra Nevada in California and as far south as Northwestern Mexico.

It is even more distinctive in fruit than in flower, with spiky spheres of reddish styles. ^[3] The fruits are a ball of tiny velcro like hooks that catch on clothing and animal hair.

Uses

Flowers and Fruit of a Bigleaf Avens

The Squamish make a diuretic tea out of the leaves. The Haida make a steam bath with boiled roots to treat rheumatic pain. ^[4] Some tribes use the plant in eyewashes, to treat stomach ailments, and to aid childbirth. ^[5]

References

1. "Geum macrophyllum Largeleaf Avens". NatureServe. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
3. Elizabeth Wenk (2015). Wildflowers of the High Sierra and the John Muir Trail. Wilderness Press. ISBN   978-0-89997-738-6.
4. Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon, ed. (2014). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. British Columbian Ministry of Forests. ISBN   978-1-77213-008-9.
5. Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 137. ISBN   978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC   1073035766.

External links

Media related to Geum macrophyllum at Wikimedia Commons

• Jepson Manual Treatment — Geum macrophyllum
• Geum macrophyllum — Photo gallery