Flowering period: June to August.
The boiled roots are a chocolate substitute. The roots are also gathered in spring before the plant comes into growth and are used as a flavouring and preservative in ale.
Lucas Land
White Avens
Geum canadense
From Nearctica
Flowers white with 5 broad petals and numerous greenish stamens. Sepals long, narrow, and pointed, alternating with the petals, and usually exceeding the petals in length. Flowers solitary or in small, branched clusters near the top of the plant. Seedpod with stiff bristles. Stem hairy. Upper leaves single, relatively small, coarsely toothed. Lower leaves with 3 leaflets, coarsely toothed and irregularly cut. Plant 18 to 30 inches in height.
Distribution: Minnesota in the west to Nova Scotia in the east, southward to Georgia and Texas. Also occurs in the Prairie States and provinces.
Habitat: White Avens is found in thickets and in openings in woodlands.