| Accepted name: |
Geum triflorum (Pursh) Greene var. triflorum |
| Synonym(s): |
-Geum ciliatum Pursh
-Sieversia ciliata (Pursh) Rydb.
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| English names: |
Three-flowered Avens
Three-flowered Avens
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| French names: |
Benoîte à trois fleurs
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HGEUTRT
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of plant taken as a general tonic for severe coughs.
Infusion of roots and grease applied as a salve to sores, rashes, blisters and flesh wounds. Infusion of roots used for bleeding and promoted rapid healing on horse boils and castration wounds(*11)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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