| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Geum elatum Wall ex G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 2: 526 (1832) |
| Native Range | c. China to n. Pakistan and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2700-5400m |
| Description | basal leaves in outline broadly linear, pinnate, segments suborbiculate, irregularly crenate and ciliate, cyme 1-6-flowered, flowers 28-35mm, petals obovate, emarginate |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
| Synonyms | Acomastylis elata (Wall. ex G.Don) F.Bolle Acomastylis elata var. leiocarpa (W.E.Evans) F.Bolle Acomastylis elata var. shensina F.Bolle Acomastylis elata var. typica (W.E.Evans) F.Bolle Geum adnatum Wall. Geum elatum var. leiocarpum W.E.Evans Geum elatum var. typicum W.E.Evans Geum sieversii Scheutz Sieversia adnata G.Don Sieversia elata Royle |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |