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avens
Geum
Geum /ˈdʒiːəm/, 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...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Wood Avens
speciesGeum urbanum
white avens
speciesGeum canadense
Water Avens
speciesGeum rivale
Large-leaved Avens
speciesGeum macrophyllum
prairie smoke
speciesGeum triflorum
Yellow Avens
speciesGeum aleppicum
Spring Avens
speciesGeum vernum
Ross' Avens
speciesGeum rossii
Alpine avens
speciesGeum montanum
rough avens
speciesGeum laciniatum
creeping avens
speciesGeum reptans
Geum sylvaticum
speciesGeum sylvaticum
Scarlet Avens
speciesGeum coccineum
Eastern Mountain Avens
speciesGeum peckii
Calthaleaf Avens
speciesGeum calthifolium
intermediate avens
hybridGeum × intermedium
Glacier Avens
speciesGeum glaciale
Aleutian Avens
speciesGeum pentapetalum
Cockayne's geum
speciesGeum cockaynei
Geum japonicum
speciesGeum japonicum
Catling's avens
hybridGeum × catlingii
magellanic avens
speciesGeum magellanicum
cream-colored avens
speciesGeum virginianum
spreading avens
speciesGeum radiatum
alpine avens
speciesGeum uniflorum
Chiloe Avens
speciesGeum quellyon
Cape Avens
speciesGeum capense
bent avens
speciesGeum geniculatum
Geum leiospermum
speciesGeum leiospermum
Geum × spurium
hybridGeum × spurium
Bulgarian avens
speciesGeum bulgaricum
Geum talbotianum
speciesGeum talbotianum
Geum heterocarpum
speciesGeum heterocarpum
Geum pyrenaicum
speciesGeum pyrenaicum
Geum × meinshausenii
hybridGeum × meinshausenii
Geum peruvianum
speciesGeum peruvianum
Geum hispidum
speciesGeum hispidum
High Avens
speciesGeum elatum
Auckland Island Geum
speciesGeum albiflorum
Geum × cortlandicum
hybridGeum × cortlandicum
Geum involucratum
speciesGeum involucratum
Geum × macneillii
hybridGeum × macneillii
yellow × water avens
hybridGeum × aurantiacum
Geum speciosum
speciesGeum speciosum
Geum pusillum
speciesGeum pusillum
Geum × hainesianum
hybridGeum × hainesianum
Geum kokanicum
speciesGeum kokanicum
Geum rhodopeum
speciesGeum rhodopeum
Geum macrosepalum
speciesGeum macrosepalum
Geum boliviense
speciesGeum boliviense
Geum bulgaricum × reptans
hybridGeum bulgaricum × reptans
Geum × sudeticum
hybridGeum × sudeticum
Himalayan Avens
speciesGeum roylei
Soft-leaved Avens
speciesGeum molle
Geum aleppicum × laciniatum
hybridGeum aleppicum × laciniatum
Geum canadense × rivale
hybridGeum canadense × rivale
Geum × pulchrum
hybridGeum × pulchrum
Geum × macranthum
hybridGeum × macranthum
Geum brevicarpellatum
speciesGeum brevicarpellatum
Geum sikkimense
speciesGeum sikkimense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.155
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.418
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.87
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.656
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.291
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.514
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.484
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.478
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.120
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.120
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