Geum macrophyllum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Geum_macrophyllum_10101.JPG
| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
|genus = Geum
|name = Large-Leaved Avens
|species = macrophyllum
|authority = Willd.
|subdivision_ranks = Varieties
|subdivision =
- G. m. var. macrophyllum
- G. m. var. perincisum
}}
Image:Geum macrophyllum large-leaved avens in fruit.jpg
Geum macrophyllum, commonly known as largeleaf avens or large-leaved avens{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}} is a flowering plant found from the Arctic south to the northern U.S. states, and in the Rocky Mountains and west to the Sierra Nevada in California and as far south as Northwestern Mexico.
It is even more distinctive in fruit than in flower, with spiky spheres of reddish styles.{{cite book |author=Elizabeth Wenk |title= Wildflowers of the High Sierra and the John Muir Trail |year=2015 |publisher=Wilderness Press |isbn=978-0-89997-738-6}} The fruits are a ball of tiny velcro like hooks that catch on clothing and animal hair.
Uses
Image:Bigleaf Avens growing by the path to Miller Bay, Kaien Island.png
The Squamish make a diuretic tea out of the leaves.
The Haida make a steam bath with boiled roots to treat rheumatic pain.{{cite book |editor=Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon |title=Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast |year=2014 |publisher=British Columbian Ministry of Forests |isbn=978-1-77213-008-9}} Some tribes use the plant in eyewashes, to treat stomach ailments, and to aid childbirth.{{Cite book|last=Fagan|first=Damian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1073035766|title=Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert|publisher=FalconGuides|year=2019|isbn=1-4930-3633-5|location=Guilford, CT|pages=137|oclc=1073035766}}
References
External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6727,6729 Jepson Manual Treatment — Geum macrophyllum]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Geum+macrophyllum Geum macrophyllum — Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of Eastern Asia
Category:Flora of Eastern Canada
Category:Flora of Subarctic America
Category:Flora of the North-Central United States
Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States
Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Russian Far East
Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States
Category:Flora of Western Canada
Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Category:Plants described in 1809
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