Geum montanum

Geum montanum, the Alpine avens, is a species of flowering plant of the genus Geum in the Rosaceae family, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe.

Geum montanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Geum
Species:
G. montanum
Binomial name
Geum montanum

Distribution

Geum montanum is widespread in the Alps, typically at elevations in the range 1430–2300 m (though it occurs at as low as 700 m in Centovalli and as high as 3500 m in Monte Rosa). It is found in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrians, the Massif Central, the Black Forest, the Sudetes (1300–1400 m), throughout the Carpathians (900–2500 m in the Tatras), in the north of the Apennines, on the island of Corsica, and on the Balkan Peninsula: in the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo (specifically in Žljeb and Prokletije), northernmost Greece (2000–2500 m in Varnous, Kajmakčalan and Tzena), in the east of Serbia (Suva Planina) and the west of Bulgaria (at elevations of 1600–2700 m in western and central Stara Planina, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Osogovo, Rila, Pirin, Slavyanka and the western Rhodopes).[1][2][3][4][5]

Uses

In cultivation in the UK, Geum montanum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]

Geum montanum roots have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.[7]

Notes
  1. 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. 141. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.
  2. Meusel, Hermann; Jäger, E.; Weinert, E. (1965). Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Vol. [Band I]. Jena: Fischer. T531.
  3. 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. 193.
  4. Gajić, M. (1972). "Rod Geum L.". Flora SR Srbije (in Serbian). Vol. 4. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti. p. 73.
  5. Persson, J. (1986). "Geum L.". In Strid, Arne (ed.). Mountain flora of Greece. Cambridge University Press. pp. 402–3. ISBN 978-0-521-25737-4.
  6. "Geum montanum". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. Vogl, Sylvia; Picker, Paolo; Mihaly-Bison, Judit; Fakhrudin, Nanang; Atanasov, Atanas G.; Heiss, Elke H.; Wawrosch, Christoph; Reznicek, Gottfried; Dirsch, Verena M.; Saukel, Johannes; Kopp, Brigitte (2013). "Ethnopharmacological in vitro studies on Austria's folk medicine—An unexplored lore in vitro anti-inflammatory activities of 71 Austrian traditional herbal drugs". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 149 (3): 750–71. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.007. PMC 3791396. PMID 23770053.

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