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Water Avens

Geum rivale

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 9,594, February 7,086, March 11,102, April 17,467, May 25,184, June 27,461, July 29,385, August 25,271, September 18,554, October 13,849, November 7,568, December 5,915.
United States203,087
Alaska198,436
Russia7,946
Canada4,256
United Kingdom1,915
Germany1,840
Moscow Oblast1,366
Ontario1,342
New York1,249
England1,239

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Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderRoses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales
Familyrose family · Rosaceae
Genusavens · Geum

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