Smokin' soft

Geum triflorum, June 26, 2020

Geum triflorum, June 26, 2020

Common & scientific name
Prairie smoke, Geum triflorum

Family
Rose, Rosaceae

Location
North Fork Lake Creek TH, 10,800’

Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact

This sublimely soft, rosy, nodding flower is always a delight to find, whether it’s a single plant or whether it fills a meadow.  Its seed heads are reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss hair style, and will be featured here later this summer when they go to seed!  Interestingly, it is the plant’s rosy bracts and sepals, not its small, pale petals just protruding at the tip of the flower, that give Prairie smoke its elegant color and shape.