Geum macrophyllum
Geum macrophyllum, commonly known as largeleaf avens or large-leaved avens[1] 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.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Geum |
| Species: | G. macrophyllum |
| Binomial name | |
| Geum macrophyllum | |
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Geum macrophyllum in fruit
It is even more distinctive in fruit than in flower, with spiky spheres of reddish styles.[2] 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 made a diuretic tea out of the leaves. The Haida made a steam bath with boiled roots to treat rheumatic pain.[3] Some tribes used the plant in eyewashes, to treat stomach ailments, and to aid childbirth.[4]
References
- "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2014-10-23. 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.
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