Geum triflorum
Rosaceae
Prairie Smoke
Clumps of basal leaves, erect stems. Plant gray-green with long hairs. Leaves fern-like with largest 3-lobed segment at top, few deeply cut teeth. Flower stem has 1 leaf pair near center. Flowers usually 3 on nodding stems, sepals fused to form a cup with tips curved outward, petals red, cream, or yellow. Seed heads more than 2 in. long of feathery tails, often glowing purplish in the sun. Grows in dry meadows, sagebrush scrub, pine forests, at mid to high elevations.
- Rarity: Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Summer
- Flower Form: 5 Petals-Many Stamens
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 8–20 inches
- Habitat: Meadow, Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: N Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Wallowas
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Old Man's Whiskers
