Scientific Name: Geum macrophyllum
Common Name: large-leaved avens
Family Name: Rosaceae
Origin: North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Native planting, Perennial border, Waterside planting
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Lobed, Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Spatulate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, Yellow, May-Jun
Fruit: Achene, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Basal leaves compound with large terminal leaflet, stem leaves alternate and deeply lobed and coarsely serrate; cyme with 3-10 florets each with 5 rounded yellow petals and numerous pistils which become a globe of achenes about 2cm wide.