Prairie Smoke Avens (Geum triflorum) is a distinctive native plant known for its beautiful summer seedheads. The small fern-like foliage is sometimes evergreen, but commonly turns attractive shades of red and crimson in the fall. Small reddish-pink nodding flowers emerge in the late spring, which turn into the smoke-like, feathery plumes that will last until the end of summer. This low growing plant spreads slowly by rhizomes, making it a great option for the front of layered beds and borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens, and naturalized prairie and meadow plantings. It can also be used as a fun groundcover! Although this plant is drought tolerant and can handle very low amounts of water, it does best with a low schedule of supplemental irrigation, which extends its blooming season. Prairie Smoke Avens is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.