Geum macrophyllum

Large-Leaved Avens
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
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, 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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Geum macrophyllum Largeleaf Avens". NatureServe. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ Elizabeth Wenk (2015). Wildflowers of the High Sierra and the John Muir Trail. Wilderness Press. ISBN 978-0-89997-738-6.
^ Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon, ed. (2014). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. British Columbian Ministry of Forests. ISBN 978-1-77213-008-9.
^ 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 1-4930-3633-5. OCLC 1073035766.

External links[edit]

Media related to Geum macrophyllum at Wikimedia Commons

This Rosoideae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[NatureServe-1] "Geum macrophyllum Largeleaf Avens". NatureServe. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[BSBI07-2] 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 1-4930-3633-5. OCLC 1073035766.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]