Rosaceae
Cream avens
Geum virginianum
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Geum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- حشيشة المبارك الفرجينية
- English
- Cream avens
Synonyms
- Caryophyllata virginiana (L.) Lam.
- Geum album var. flavum Porter
- Geum canadense var. flavum (Porter) Britton
- Geum flavum (Porter) E.P.Bicknell
- Geum heterophyllum Link
- Geum hirsutum Muhl. ex Link
- Geum virginianum var. lanceolatum Raf.
- Geum virginianum var. macrophyllum Raf.
- Geum virginianum var. murrayanum Fernald
- Geum virginianum var. ochroleucum Raf.
- Geum virginianum var. ramosum Raf.
- Geum virginianum var. uniflorum Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Casey Harmon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: William Coville, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 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.