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Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum

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Description:

This early-blooming plant flowers in the upper Midwest as early as April, sometimes poking up through the snow. It may grow to about a foot in height. Flowers are red. As the seedhead matures long awns reach skyward in a whispy reddish spray giving the plant its name of prairie smoke.

Habitat:

Grasslands and high alpine meadows.

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Geum triflorum

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Comments (2)
Gordon Dietzman
I hope you get to see these flowers. They are one of my favorites!
tiffanypr
I've been waiting to spot my first prairie smoke! Maybe this year...

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Flowers of North America
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Wildflowers of Wisconsin

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PublishedFebruary 22, 2012

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