Common Name: white avensScientific Name: Geum canadense Jacq.Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, slender, one to many, simple, branched above, fine pubescent above, sparsely hairy or smooth below Leavesalternate, 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 Fruitround cluster, bristly hooks