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prairie smoke
Geum triflorum
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. (or less) to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 8.0 in. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Riparian, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is an important larval food host for six specialist butterflies and adult food host for two specialist butterfly species.
This plant has showy seeds that resemble smoke from a distance.