Geum reptans

Geum reptans, the creeping avens,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Geum of the family Rosaceae native to some mountains of Central and Southeastern Europe. A long-lived perennial that reproduces both sexually and clonally, it has high phenotypic variation, but these variable traits do not appear to be adaptations to local conditions.^[3]

Geum reptans
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Geum
Species:	G. reptans
Binomial name
Geum reptans L.
Synonyms[1]
Adamsia reptans Fisch. & Steud. Caryophyllata reptans (L.) Lam. Novosieversia reptans (L.) E.I.Golubk. Parageum reptans (L.) M.Král Sieversia reptans (L.) Spreng.

Distribution

Botanical illustration

It grows in rock cracks, on moraines, in moist scree fields and atop mountain summits.^[3][4] It is widespread^[3] in the Alps, where it is typically found at elevations of 2100–2800 m, though its altitudinal range varies: from 1900 to 2500 m in the Maritime Alps to as high as 3800 m in the Graian Alps. It grows less extensively in the Black Forest of Germany, in some parts of the Carpathians (in the Tatras at elevations of 1440–2540 m), in the Rila and Pirin mountains of Bulgaria (at altitudes of 2300–2900 m), and in the Pindus, Korab, and Shar mountains of the Western Balkans.^[5][6][4]