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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Geum rivale

Family :	ROSACEAE (Rose Family)
Common Name (UK) :	Water Avens
Common Name (DE) :	Bach-Nelkenwurz
Common Name (FR) :	Benoîte des ruisseaux
Habitat :	Moist situations, found chiefly in damp woods and in ditches and among the coarse herbage fringing canals
Remarks :	Said to have medicinal properties
First appearing :	April
Abundance :	Abundant

Siting Date : April 30, 2005	Location :Along the Nagold River, outside of Dillweissenstein, Pforzheim. N48° 51.881' E8° 40.588'
Siting Date : April 30, 2005	Location :Along the Nagold River, between Dillweissenstein and Unterreichenbach (Black Forest). N48° 51.271' E8° 41.230'
Siting Date : May 1, 2005	Location :Along the Katzenbach stream west of the University, Stuttgart-West N48° 45.266' E9° 05.453'
Photo Date : May 7, 2004 Location : the field next to the deer pen field house in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park in Stuttgart.
Photo Date : May 7, 2004 Location : the field next to the deer pen field house in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park in Stuttgart.
Photo Date : May 18, 2004 Location : the field next to the deer pen field house in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park in Stuttgart.