Rosaceae

Old man's whiskers

Geum triflorum Pursh

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Geum

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Common names

By language (6)

Armenian: Տափաստանի ծուխ
Chinese: 三叶路边青
English: Old man's whiskers
French: Benoite à 3 fleurs, Benoite à trois fleurs, Benoîte à 3 fleurs, Benoîte à trois fleurs, Prairie smoke avens
Icelandic: Þrídalafífill
Russian: Гравилат трёхцветковый

Synonyms

Erythrocoma triflora (Pursh) Greene
Geum ciliatum var. triflorum (Pursh) Jeps.
Geum triflorum f. triflorum
Sieversia triflora (Pursh) Spreng.
Sieversia triflora (Pursh) R.Br.

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.