Common names:
Wood avens, herb Bennet
Family:
Scientific name:
Geum urbanum
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, hedgerows, rough grassland
Flowers:
Up to 15 mm in diameter; five pointed, downy green sepals, spreading to reflexed, alternating with five ovate, rounded yellow petals of similar length, and a centre of many yellowish stamens and green carpels. Attached by long pedicels
Leaves:
Basal leaves are pinnately divided, with two to four pairs of smaller lateral lobes and a much larger terminal lobe, while stem leaves are less divided, sometimes entire. Lobes are lined with coarse teeth
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
