Geum macrophyllum, June 30, 2023
Seedhead, roadside 10,000’, August 2, 2023
Common & scientific name
Large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum
Family
Rose, Rosaceae
Location
Aspens below Highway 82, 8,700’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Can easily be confused at first glance with a cinquefoil (Potentilla), with its tall habit and yellow cinquefoil-like flowers, but can be distinguished by the three-parted stem leaves, its more maple-like basal leaves, and especially by its seedhead, below left, which has a bristly, pin cushion look with pinkish styles that are curly-cue shaped at the end. This uncommon (on the Pass) plant grows near streams and in wet areas.