Geum montanum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Geum |
| Species: | G. montanum
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Geum montanum, the Alpine avens, is a flowering plant species native to Europe.[1][2]
In cultivation in the UK, Geum montanum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Geum montanum roots have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.[4]
Notes
- ^ Jekka McVicar (1 March 2003). Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Successfully from Seed. Globe Pequot. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-58574-874-7. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ Harry Higgott Thomas; Samuel Arnott (1914). Rock gardening for amateurs. Cassell and company, limited. p. 226. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ "Geum montanum". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Vogl, Sylvia; Picker, Paolo; Mihaly-Bison, Judit; Fakhrudin, Nanang; Atanasov, Atanas G.; Heiss, Elke H.; Wawrosch, Christoph; Reznicek, Gottfried; Dirsch, Verena M.; Saukel, Johannes; Kopp, Brigitte (2013). "Ethnopharmacological in vitro studies on Austria's folk medicine—An unexplored lore in vitro anti-inflammatory activities of 71 Austrian traditional herbal drugs". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 149 (3): 750–71. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.007. PMC 3791396. PMID 23770053.
External links
Media related to Geum montanum at Wikimedia Commons
- Geum montanum in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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