Geum triflorum
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| Geum triflorum | |
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| Geum triflorum (Olympic National Park) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Geum |
| Species: | G. triflorum |
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| Geum triflorum Pursh |
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Geum triflorum, (three-flowered avens, old man's whiskers, or prairie smoke) is a spring perennial herbaceous plant of North America from northern Canada to California and east to New York.
Some Plateau Indian tribes used three-flowered avens to treat tuberculosis. [1]
The descriptive name, Prairie Smoke, comes from its unusual feathery mauve seed heads that resemble plumes of smoke.[2]
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Prairie smoke
[edit] References
- ^ Hunn, Eugene S. (1990). Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land. University of Washington Press. p. 353. ISBN 0-295-97119-3.
- ^ Nina Cummings, ed (2011). Native Landscaping Takes Root in Chicago. p. 13.
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