Rosaceae
Bowman's root
Gillenia trifoliata
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Gillenia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- جيلينية طبية
- arz
- جيلينيه طبيه
- Chinese
- 美吐根
- English
- Bowman's root
- Finnish
- Enkeliperhoangervo
- German
- Nördliche Dreiblattspiere
- Hungarian
- Hármaslevelű indiánrózsa
- Swedish
- Gillenia
Synonyms
- Porteranthus trifoliatus Britton
- Spiraea trifoliata L.
- Ulmaria trifoliata Hill
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Bowman's root: Gillenia trifoliata [溫哥華植物園 VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Gillenia_trifoliata_-%E6%BA%AB%E5%93%A5%E8%8F%AF%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_VanDusen_Botanical_Garden%2C_Vancouver-_%2840593434831%29.jpg/1280px-Gillenia_trifoliata_-%E6%BA%AB%E5%93%A5%E8%8F%AF%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_VanDusen_Botanical_Garden%2C_Vancouver-_%2840593434831%29.jpg)
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Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Cephas, 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.