Geum reptans

Geum reptans
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Geum
Species:	G. reptans
Binomial name
Geum reptans L.
Synonyms [1]
Adamsia reptansFisch. & Steud. Caryophyllata reptans(L.) Lam. Novosieversia reptans(L.) E.I.Golubk. Parageum reptans(L.) M.Král Sieversia reptans(L.) Spreng.

Geum reptans, the creeping avens, ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Distribution

Botanical illustration

It grows in rock cracks, on moraines, in moist scree fields and atop mountain summits. ^{[3] [4]} It is widespread ^[3] in the Alps, where it is typically found at elevations of 2,100–2,800 m (6,900–9,200 ft), though its altitudinal range varies: from 1,900 to 2,500 m (6,200 to 8,200 ft) in the Maritime Alps to as high as 3,800 m (12,500 ft) 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 1440–2540 m), in the Rila and Pirin mountains of Bulgaria (at altitudes of 2300–2900 m), and in the Pindus, Korab, and Shar mountains of the Western Balkans. ^{[5] [6] [4]}

References

1. "Geum reptans L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
2. "Geum reptans creeping avens". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021. Other common names; cure-all, drooping avens, Evans root, yellow bedstraw
3. Hamann, Elena; Scheepens, J. F.; Kesselring, Halil; Armbruster, Georg F. J.; Stöcklin, Jürg (2017). "High intraspecific phenotypic variation, but little evidence for local adaptation in Geum reptans populations in the Central Swiss Alps". Alpine Botany. 127 (2): 121–132. doi: 10.1007/s00035-017-0185-y . S2CID   41449649.
4. Asenov, I. (1973). "Omajniče – Geum L.". In Vǎlev, Stoju; Asenov, Ivan (eds.). Flora na Narodna Republika Bǎlgarija (in Bulgarian). Vol. V. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 190.
5. Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. p. 140. ISBN   978-951-9108-14-8.
6. Meusel, Hermann; Jäger, E.; Weinert, E. (1965). Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Vol. [Band I]. Jena: Fischer. pp. 531–32 (Text).