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Geum triflorum
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.
Grasslands and high alpine meadows.
Spotted on May 3, 1997
Submitted on Feb 22, 2012
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I hope you get to see these flowers. They are one of my favorites!
I've been waiting to spot my first prairie smoke! Maybe this year...