Wood Avens
Wood Avens beside a path
Close-up of fully open flower
Petals, sepals, stamens and styles
Flower with older anthers
Leaf
Burr-like fruit
Styles with kinks
Geum urbanum
Rosaceae
Herb Bennet
April to November (through winter in mild winters)
It is found throughout the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Wood Avens
It is found round the edges and in clearings of woodland,
hedges and waste land, and by footpaths, canals and
rivers. Indeed, as one of our commonest hedgerow
flowers, it is found pretty well everywhere.
Wood Avens is a native, perennial herb growing up to
70cm.
The flowers are yellow, star-shaped and up to 15 mm
across.
Sepals turn downwards as the fruits form.
There are numerous yellow anthers.
The fruits form from kinked styles in the centre of
the flower.
They are initially green and turn purple or brown
on ripening.
The leaves are 3 lobed and unstalked.
The name Herb Bennet comes from herba benedicta'.
The plant was used in herbal medicine.
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Wood Avens beside a path
Close-up of fully open flower
Petals, sepals, stamens and styles
Flower with older anthers
Leaf
Burr-like fruit
Styles with kinks
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