Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Geum rossii (R.Br.) Ser. |
Synonyms | Sieversia rossii R.Br. |
Geum humile (R.Br.) Steud. | |
Geum sericeum Greene | |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 0-4000m |
Description | basal leaves numerous, in outline oblong, 4-12cm long, pinnatisect, stem leaves alternate, smaller, flowers 1-3, 4cm across, petals spreading, obovate |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
rossii turbinatum (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. [C.L.Hitchcock & al.) 3: 112 (1961)
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