Geum
| Geum | |
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| Geum coccineum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Tribe: | Colurieae |
| Genus: | Geum L. |
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Geum /ˈdʒiːəm/,[1] commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family and its subfamily Rosoideae, 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] (with yellow flowers), and 'Mrs J. Bradshaw'[3] (with orange flowers) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Geum species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the grizzled skipper.
Selected species[]
- Geum albiflorum
- Geum aleppicum – yellow avens or common avens[5]
- Geum bulgaricum
- Geum canadense – white avens
- Geum × catlingii – Catling's avens
- Geum coccineum – dwarf orange avens
- Geum elatum
- Geum geniculatum – bent avens
- Geum japonicum - Asian herb bennet (medicinal herb)
- Geum laciniatum – rough avens
- Geum macrophyllum – largeleaf avens
- Geum molle
- Geum montanum – Alpine avens
- Geum peckii – mountain avens
- Geum quellyon – scarlet avens or Chilean avens
- Geum radiatum – spreading avens, Appalachian avens, and cliff avens
- Geum reptans – creeping avens
- Geum rivale – water avens or purple avens[6]
- Geum rossii – Alpine avens
- Geum talbotianum – Tasmanian snowrose
- Geum triflorum – prairie smoke or three-flowered avens[7]
- Geum urbanum – wood avens or herb Bennet
- Geum vernum – spring avens
- – cream avens or Virginia avens
For a more detailed list see List of Geum species.
References[]
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ "RHS Plant selector". Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant selector". Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 43. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; Dickinson, R. (2004). The ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum. p. 367. ISBN 0771076525. OCLC 54691765.
- ^ Dickinson et al. 2004, p. 368
- ^ Dickinson et al. 2004, p. 369
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