Geum molle

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]

Geum molle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Geum
Species:	G. molle
Binomial name
Geum molle Vis. & Pančić
Synonyms[1]
Geum gasparrinii Pignatti

Distribution

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 [it], in Abruzzo, the Alburni in Campania, near Monte Arioso in Basilicata, and on La Sila in Calabria.^[7]

Hybrids

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]