Geum molle | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Geum |
Species: | G. molle
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Binomial name | |
Geum molle Vis. & Pančić
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Synonyms [1] | |
Geum gasparrinii Pignatti |
Geum molle is a species of flowering plant of the genus Geum (avens) in the family Rosaceae. A perennial herbaceous plant found on meadows, it is native to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula and Italy. It blooms with yellow flowers between June and August. [2]
The plant is found in several of the mountains of southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, [3] Montenegro, [4] Kosovo (the Prokletije mountain range), [5] northernmost Greece, eastern and northern Albania, the west and north of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, [3] and western Bulgaria (at elevations of 1000–1800 m in central and western Stara Planina, Vitosha Kraishte, Osogovo, Rila, Pirin and the western Rhodopes). [2] [6] Within Italy, it grows in scattered localities in the central and southern Apennines: in the Umbria-Marche Apennines , in Abruzzo, the Alburni in Campania, near Monte Arioso in Basilicata, and on La Sila in Calabria. [7]
The hybrid Geum molle × Geum rivale, sometimes known as Geum pseudomolle Pant., is found in eastern Montenegro's Crna Planina, [4] western Bulgaria's Vitosha, [2] and probably elsewhere. Geum molle × Geum coccineum has been noted in Vitosha. [2]