Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum radiatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Mountain Avens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum radiatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Geum radiatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-007:
Geum radiatum FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sieversia radiata
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Avens, Appalachian Avens, Spreading Avens, Cliff Avens
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_18
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Large basal leaves, the terminal lobe kidney-shaped & up to 6" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_20
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_33
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Flowers terminal on erect stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmg_radiatum
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgradiatum_rm1
Month Unknown NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgradiatum_rm4
Month Unknown NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
Deep yellow flowers to 1.5" across, petals notched at rounded tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geum radiatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geum radiatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Geum radiatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-07-007:
Geum radiatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sieversia radiata
610
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation rocky summits, in thin soil at tops of cliffs and on ledges (where not trampled), in pockets of soil on nearly vertical portions of cliffs, in open grassy balds, around Rhododendron catawbiense in grassy balds, or in grassy areas at bases of cliffs (where succession by shrubs is prevented by accumulation of seepage ice and by stone fall), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p118
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p249
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p112
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p118
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p149
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p379
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p069
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