- Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Geum in the rose family, having often pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers with many pistils.
- The mountain avens.
[Middle English avence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin avencia.]
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n., pl., avens.
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any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
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For the river, see Geum River.
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Geum (pronounced /ˈdʒiːəm/),[1] the Avens, is a genus of about 50 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and New Zealand. They are closely related to Potentilla and Fragaria.
Geum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grizzled Skipper.
- Species
- Geum aleppicum - Yellow Avens
- Geum bulgaricum
- Geum calthifolium
- Geum canadense - White Avens
- Geum chiloense
- Geum coccineum - Red Avens
- Geum elatum
- Geum heterocarpum
- Geum japonicum
- 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 reptans - Creeping Avens
- Geum rhodopeum
- Geum rivale - Water Avens
- Geum rossii - Alpine Avens
- Geum sikkimense
- Geum sylvaticum
- Geum triflorum - Purple Avens
- Geum turbinatum
- Geum uniflorum
- Geum urbanum - Wood Avens or Herb Bennet
- Geum virginianum - Virginia Avens
References
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
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