Geum canadense
Common Name: white avens,
Scientific Name: Geum canadense Jacq.
Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle:
native perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems:
upright, slender, one to many, simple, branched above, fine pubescent above, sparsely hairy or smooth below
Leaves:
alternate, lower basal leaves long petioled and compound with 3 leaflets, upper leaves simple and nearly sessile, hairy above and below, stipules present, leaflets narrowly oval and toothed, terminal leaflets larger than others 
Flowers:
5-petaled, white, long stalked, sepal somewhat sweptback and about as long as petals, sepals visible between petals; terminal cluster, branched, upright, one to a few in cluster 
Fruit:
round cluster, bristly hooks 
