Geum aleppicumJacq.

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WFO wfo-0000990001 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Geum aleppicum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. a Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195589467
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. b Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194654050
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. c Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195674081
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194243166
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Tikhon Pshenitsyn
fig. e Tikhon Pshenitsyn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167583338
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. f Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166090578
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Алексей Ябс
fig. g Алексей Ябс, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165317509
Geum aleppicum, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. h Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158480104

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Native range 90 botanical countries

Regions where Geum aleppicum is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East Himalaya, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Hungary, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeSakhalinTibetTranscaucasusTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast HimalayaVietnamWest HimalayaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaHungaryNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMexico CentralMexico NortheastMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNebraskaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaOhioOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaTennesseeUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingYukon KoreaRhode I.
Native distribution of Geum aleppicum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Northeast MXE
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Mexico NWM
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Tennessee TEN
Utah UTA
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Hungary HUN
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 484 in flower of 634 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Geum aleppicum observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 484 of 634 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 5 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 37 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Geum aleppicum f. aurantiacoplenum Yen C.Yang & L.H.Zhuo
  • Geum aleppicum f. glabricaule (Juz.) Kitag.
  • Geum aleppicum f. plenum Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
  • Geum aleppicum subsp. strictum (Aiton) R.T.Clausen
  • Geum aleppicum subvar. dissectum (Fr. ex Scheutz) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum aleppicum subvar. hirsutum (Scheutz) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum aleppicum subvar. rugosum (Desf. ex Scheutz) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum aleppicum var. bipinnatum (Batalin) F.Bolle ex Hand.-Mazz.
  • Geum aleppicum var. bipinnatum (Batalin) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Geum aleppicum var. decurrens (Rydb.) W.A.Weber
  • Geum aleppicum var. glabricaule (Juz.) Vorosch.
  • Geum aleppicum var. strictum (Aiton) Fernald
  • Geum besseri Fisch. ex Walp.
  • Geum besserianum Fisch. ex Sweet
  • Geum decurrens Rydb.
  • Geum fischeri Besser ex Fisch. & Trautv.
  • Geum gajewskii Smejkal
  • Geum giganteum Schur
  • Geum glabricaule Juz.
  • Geum heterophyllum Desf.
  • Geum heterophyllum var. elongatum Ser.
  • Geum hispidum Boruss. ex Scheutz
  • Geum inclinatum Schur
  • Geum intermedium Besser ex M.Bieb.

and 13 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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