| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Geum rossii (R.Br.) Ser. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 2: 553 (1825) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| 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 | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Acomastylis depressa Greene Acomastylis humilis (R.Br.) Rydb. Acomastylis nivalis F.Bolle Acomastylis rossii (R.Br.) Grene Acomastylis sericea (Greene) Greene Geum humile (R.Br.) Steud. Geum rossii var. depressum (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. Geum rossii var. humile (R.Br.) Scheutz Geum sericeum Greene Novosieversia rosii (R.Br.) F.Bolle Potentilla nivalis Torr. Sieversia humilis R.Br. Sieversia rossii R.Br. Sieversia sericea (Greene) Greene |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |