Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Geum reptans L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 501 (1753) |
Native Range | European Mountains |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 1800-3800m |
Description | shoots long, reddish, leaves pinnate, segments dentate, flowers 25-40mm across, solitary, petals ovate or orbiculate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | brilliant yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Adamsia reptans (L.) Fisch.ex Steud. Bernoullia reptans (L.) Neck. Caryophyllata reptans (L.) Lam. Geum reptans ssp. angustatum Pénzes Geum reptans ssp. eureptans Pénzes Geum reptans var. macrophyllum Ser. Geum reptans var. villosum Brügger Novosieversia reptans (L.) Golubk. Parageum reptans (L.) M.Král Sieversia reptans (L.) R.Br. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |