Geum reptans explained

Geum reptans, the creeping avens, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Geum of the family Rosaceae native to some mountains of Central and Southeastern Europe. A long-lived perennial that reproduces both sexually and clonally, it has high phenotypic variation, but these variable traits do not appear to be adaptations to local conditions.

Distribution

It grows in rock cracks, on moraines, in moist scree fields and atop mountain summits. It is widespread in the Alps, where it is typically found at elevations of 2100–2800m, though its altitudinal range varies: from 1900 to 2500m in the Maritime Alps to as high as 3800m in the Graian Alps. It grows less extensively in the Black Forest of Germany, in some parts of the Carpathians (in the Tatras at elevations of 1440–2540m), in the Rila and Pirin mountains of Bulgaria (at altitudes of 2300–2900m), and in the Pindus, Korab, and Shar mountains of the Western Balkans.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Geum reptans L. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 3 November 2021 .
2. 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. 140.
3. Book: Asenov, I.. Omajniče – Geum L.. Flora na Narodna Republika Bǎlgarija. V. 1973. Vǎlev. Stoju. Asenov. Ivan. Sofia. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Bulgarian. 190.
4. High intraspecific phenotypic variation, but little evidence for local adaptation in Geum reptans populations in the Central Swiss Alps . 2017 . Hamann . Elena . Scheepens . J. F. . Kesselring . Halil . Armbruster . Georg F. J. . Stöcklin . Jürg . Alpine Botany . 127 . 2 . 121–132 . 10.1007/s00035-017-0185-y . 41449649 . free .
5. Book: Meusel. Hermann. Jäger. E.. Weinert. E.. 1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. [Band I]. Fischer. Jena. 531–32 (Text).
6. Web site: Geum reptans creeping avens . 2021 . The Royal Horticultural Society . 3 November 2021 . Other common names; cure-all, drooping avens, Evans root, yellow bedstraw .