Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Genus: Geum (Avens)
Geum reptans L. - Creeping Avens
Geum montanum L. - Alpine Avens
Geum rivale L. - Water Avens
Geum urbanum L. - Wood Avens
30–80 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba>stem <b>multi-flowered</b></ba>. <span class="v1">epicalyx:</span> present. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba><b>pendulous</b></ba>, <ba><b>yellowish to reddish</b></ba>. <span class="v1">floral...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths
in (periodically) wet habitats