White Flowers & Spike Balls?

13 days ago

This forb was found growing along a creek with downward-pointing, 5-petaled, ~dime-sized, white flowers, somewhat narrow leaves with jagged edges, and spiky seed balls. What is it?

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floraluk2
13 days ago
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Compare with Geum canadense.
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