Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
Prairie-smoke
Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Prairie-smoke is a California native perennial found in the central Klamath Mountains, Cascade Range, northern and central Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin in dry meadow edges, sagebrush scrub, and open yellow-pine forest at elevations of 1,300 to 3,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces cream to pale yellow flowers tinged with pink or purple-veined, nodding and cup-shaped with maroon or purple sepals. Growing in patches with rhizomes, it forms grayish-green stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall. Its compound leaves are 4 to 30 centimeters long, with 3 to 9 wedge-shaped leaflets on each side, typically divided into two or three deep lobes. The distinctive fruiting stage features a feathery plumose style extending 15 to 40 millimeters beyond the small fruit body.
Habitat: dry meadow edges, sagebrush scrub, open yellow-pine forest
Bloom period: May-Jul
Elevation: 1300-3200 m
Bioregions: c KR (Marble Mtns), CaRH, n&c SNH, GB
California counties: Modoc, Siskiyou, Alpine, San Diego, Lassen, Mono, Placer, Shasta, Nevada, Plumas, El Dorado
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