Geum montanum explained

Geum montanum, the Alpine avens, is a species of flowering plant of the genus Geum in the Rosaceae family, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe.

Distribution

Geum montanum is widespread in the Alps, typically at elevations in the range 1430–2300m (though it occurs at as low as 700m in Centovalli and as high as 3500m in Monte Rosa). It is found in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrians, the Massif Central, the Black Forest, the Sudetes (1300–1400m), throughout the Carpathians (900–2500m in the Tatras), in the north of the Apennines, on the island of Corsica, and on the Balkan Peninsula: in the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo (specifically in Žljeb and Accursed Mountains), northernmost Greece (2000–2500m in Varnous, Kajmakčalan and Tzena), in the east of Serbia (Suva Planina) and the west of Bulgaria (at elevations of 1600–2700m in western and central Stara Planina, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Osogovo, Rila, Pirin, Slavyanka and the western Rhodopes).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Uses

In cultivation in the UK, Geum montanum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[6]

Geum montanum roots have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Kurtto. Arto. Lampinen. Raino. Junikka. Leo. 2004. Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. Helsinki. 978-951-9108-14-8. 141.
2. Book: Meusel. Hermann. Jäger. E.. Weinert. E.. 1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. [Band I]. Fischer. Jena. T531.
3. Book: Asenov, I.. Omajniče – Geum L.. Flora na Narodna Republika Bǎlgarija. V. 1973. Vǎlev. Stoju. Asenov. Ivan. Sofia. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Bulgarian. 193.
4. Book: Gajić, M.. Rod Geum L.. Flora SR Srbije. 4. 1972. Beograd. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti. Serbian. 73.
5. Book: Persson, J.. Strid. Arne. 1986. Mountain flora of Greece. Geum L.. 402–3. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-25737-4.
6. Web site: Geum montanum . www.rhs.org . Royal Horticultural Society . 10 July 2020.
7. 10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.007. 23770053. 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. 2013. 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. 3791396.