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(Rafinesque) Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 1: 422. 1840.

Common names: Spring avens
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Stylypus vernus Rafinesque Neogenyton, 3. 1825
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 70. Mentioned on page 61.
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|discussion=<p>Geum vernum is distinctive and is recognized by its early flowering, minute petals, lack of epicalyx bractlets, and heads of achenes soon elevated well beyond the recurved hypanthia and sepals. Recently, it has been expanding its range northward and has been collected with increasing frequency in southern Ontario, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Wisconsin. No specimens could be located to confirm reports of G. vernum from Mississippi or Texas.</p>
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 5 November 2020

Plants leafy-stemmed. Stems 20–70 cm, pilose or sparsely pilose, hairs septate. Leaves: basal 4–27 cm, blade simple or pinnate, leaflets 3–11, terminal leaflet larger; cauline 2–7 cm, stipules ± free, 8–25 × 7–12 mm, blade pinnate to 3-foliolate. Inflorescences 3–13-flowered. Pedicels glandular-downy, becoming glabrate in fruit. Flowers erect; epicalyx bractlets absent; hypanthium green; sepals reflexed, 1–3 mm; petals spreading, yellow to cream, oblong to elliptic, sometimes obovate, 1–2 mm, equal to or shorter than sepals, apex rounded. Fruiting tori on 3–7 mm stipes, glabrous. Fruiting styles geniculate-jointed, proximal segment persistent, 1.5–3 mm, apex hooked, nearly glabrous except for few septate-glandular hairs, distal segment deciduous, 0.7–1 mm, nearly glabrous except for short hairs. 2n = 42.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Moist woods, disturbed moist areas, flood plains, openings
Elevation: 0–600 m

Distribution

V9 103-distribution-map.jpg

Ont., Ark., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., Tenn., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Geum vernum is distinctive and is recognized by its early flowering, minute petals, lack of epicalyx bractlets, and heads of achenes soon elevated well beyond the recurved hypanthia and sepals. Recently, it has been expanding its range northward and has been collected with increasing frequency in southern Ontario, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Wisconsin. No specimens could be located to confirm reports of G. vernum from Mississippi or Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Joseph R. Rohrer +
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Stylypus vernus +
Spring avens +
Ont. +, Ark. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–600 m +
Moist woods, disturbed moist areas, flood plains, openings +
Flowering spring. +
Fl. N. Amer. +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
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Geum vernum +
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