Skye Flora

Wood Avens


Geum urbanum

 

Geum urbanum

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 May 2003 Portree
Flower 19 mm diameter

Common in woods and shady places

Flower diameter c 20 mm

Skye ID: Stipules very large, almost half as large as leaf lobes.  Yellow flowers opening flat, not bell-shaped.

Other features: Fruit has hooked spines that cling to animal fur to aid dispersal.  Hybrids with Water Avens are frequently found; they have smaller stipules and flowers that may be yellowish but are more bell-like and less flat. 

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Geum urbanum

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 Sep 2001 Scorrybreac

 

Leaves showing large stipules (fruit-head in far top right corner)
 

 
Geum urbanum

Photo © Carl Farmer
25 May 2003 Portree
Lower front stipule 3.4 mm long, upper 2.6 mm

 
Leaves near top of stem, where a flowering stem branches off.  Here the leaves are not divided to base.


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