§1 Plant
Geum rivale L.
vernacular purple avens — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Geum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 273 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 400,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 273 counties across 20 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Butler 42019
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Northampton 42095
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GERI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5369701 ↗Record version
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