white flowered mystery weed
Hi, I often can ID plants by googling but could not find photos online of this. Started out this spring as an attractive looking plant with lime green leaves. I thought: must be some new perennial I stuck in there and forgot. But then it bloomed and got lanky and it's obvious it's a weed. I pulled it out before it could seed. What is it? THANK you.
Carroll County Maryland
3 Responses
We think this is White Avens (Geum canadense), a native plant.
Here is a page from Maryland Biodiversity Project to compare:
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3605
Christine
That's it!!! Thanks so much.
Marcia
You are welcome.