Geum ciliatum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 352. 1813; G. canescens (Greene) Munz; G. triflorum var. campanulatum (Greene) C. L. Hitchcock; G. triflorum var. canescens (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi; Sieversia campanulata (Greene) Rydberg; S. canescens (Greene) Rydberg; S. ciliata (Pursh) G. Don

Basal leaves: larger leaflets cleft more than 1/2 their lengths. Inflorescences (1–)3–5(–7)-flowered. Fruiting styles: proximal segment persistent, 15–40 mm, pilose, distal segment tardily deciduous, 3–7 mm, apex not or ± hooked, glabrous or pilose on base. 2n = 42.

Flowering late spring–early summer. Mountain meadows, grassy and rocky slopes, open coniferous and aspen woodlands, sagebrush scrub; 60–3300 m; Alta., B.C., Sask.; Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.