page_title: Geum
section_title: Selected species
hierarchical_section_title: Geum / Selected species
caption_attribution_description: Picture of the flower of the Geum en 'Beech House'. Photo taken in the Pond Garden Bed 2 at the Chanticleer Garden where it was species identified. Camera and Exposure Details:Camera: Nikon D50Lens: Sigma 70mm f/2.8 EX DG MacroExposure: 70mm (105mm in 35mm equivalent) f/8 @ 1/1000 s.&#160;(200 ISO)
context_page_description: Geum, commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family and its subfamily Rosoideae, widespread across Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, and New Zealand. They are closely related to Potentilla and Fragaria. From a basal rosette of leaves, they produce flowers on wiry stalks, in shades of white, red, yellow, and orange, in midsummer. Geum species are evergreen except where winter temperatures drop below 0 °F. The cultivars 'Lady Stratheden', and 'Mrs J. Bradshaw' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
  Geum species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the grizzled skipper.
context_section_description: Geum albiflorum
  Geum aleppicum – yellow avens or common avens
  Geum bulgaricum
  Geum calthifolium
  Geum canadense – white avens
  Geum × catlingii – Catling's avens
  Geum coccineum – dwarf orange avens
  Geum elatum
  Geum geniculatum – bent avens
  Geum heterocarpum
  Geum japonicum - Asian herb bennet (medicinal herb)
  Geum laciniatum – rough avens
  Geum leiospermum
  Geum macrophyllum – largeleaf avens
  Geum molle
  Geum montanum – Alpine avens
  Geum parviflorum
  Geum peckii – mountain avens
  Geum pentapetalum
  Geum pyrenaicum
  Geum quellyon – scarlet avens or Chilean avens
  Geum radiatum – spreading avens, Appalachian avens, and cliff avens
  Geum reptans – creeping avens
  Geum rhodopeum
  Geum rivale – water avens or purple avens
  Geum rossii – Alpine avens
  Geum sikkimense
  Geum sylvaticum
  Geum talbotianum – Tasmanian snowrose
  Geum triflorum – prairie smoke or three-flowered avens
  Geum turbinatum
  Geum uniflorum
  Geum urbanum – wood avens or herb Bennet
  Geum vernum – spring avens
  Geum virginianum – cream avens or Virginia avens
  For a more detailed list see List of Geum species.
caption: Geum 'Beech House'
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