Rosaceae
White avens
Geum canadense
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Geum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- حشيشة المبارك البيضاء
- English
- White avens
Synonyms
- Caryophyllata alba Moench
- Geum album J.F.Gmel.
- Geum album var. simplicifolium C.A.Mey.
- Geum camporum Rydb.
- Geum canadense f. adenophorum Fernald & Weath.
- Geum canadense f. glandulosum Fernald & Weath.
- Geum canadense var. brevipes Fernald
- Geum canadense var. camporum (Rydb.) Fernald & Weath.
- Geum canadense var. canadense
- Geum canadense var. grimesii Fernald & Weath.
- Geum canadense var. texanum Fernald & Weath.
- Geum carolinianum Walter
- Geum glutinosum Pursh ex Lehm.
- Geum laciniosum Murray
- Geum meyerianum Rydb.
- Sieversia caroliniana G.Don
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 2,092 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kailey Alderfer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cbaile19, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.