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Geum
Geum coccineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Tribe: Colurieae
Genus: Geum
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Species

List of Geum species

Synonyms
Synonymy

Geum /ˈəm/,[1] commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family, widespread across Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, and New Zealand. They are closely related to Potentilla and Fragaria. From a basal rosette of leaves, they produce flowers on wiry stalks, in shades of white, red, yellow, and orange, in midsummer. Geum species are evergreen except where winter temperatures drop below 0 °F (−18 °C). The cultivars 'Lady Stratheden'[2] and 'Mrs J. Bradshaw'[3] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Geum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the grizzled skipper.

Selected species

For a more detailed list see List of Geum species.

Geum 'Beech House'

References

  1. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  2. ^ "RHS Plant selector". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. ^ "RHS Plant selector". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 43. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. ^ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; Dickinson, R. (2004). "The ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario". Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum: 367. ISBN 0771076525. OCLC 54691765. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  6. ^ Dickinson et al. 2004, p. 368
  7. ^ Dickinson et al. 2004, p. 369

External links

Data related to Geum at Wikispecies

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