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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Yellow Aven - Jason Fazio

Yellow Avens

Bloom Season: March - September

Habitat: thrives in moist, partly shaded habitats like foothills grasslands, open woodlands, meadows, and riparian corridors.

Photography Notes: Susceptible to a breeze

Credits: Jason Fazio, 23 June

Geum aleppicum, commonly called yellow avens or common avens[1] is a flowering plant native to most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from eastern Europe across Asia and North America.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall with pinnate leaves. The flowers are 2 cm diameter, yellow, with five to seven toothed petals.[1]

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Yellow Avens (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.