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§1 Plant
Geum virginianum L.
vernacular cream 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
· 381 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 381 counties across 20 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Ohio 21183
- Owen 21187
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Clay 37043
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Ross 39141
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GEVI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5369702 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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