§1 Plant
Geum vernum (Raf.) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular spring 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 479 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 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
- 1.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 400,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 479 counties across 23 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Boone 21015
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Simpson 21213
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Montgomery 42091
- Philadelphia 42101
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Giles 47055
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lincoln 47103
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Putnam 47141
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Van Buren 47175
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Hancock 54029
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GEVE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5369957 ↗Record version
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