Geum glacialeAdams ex Fisch.

glacier avens

WFO wfo-0001012958 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Geum glaciale, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. a Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-07-29 / obs. 47301129
Geum glaciale, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. b Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47280652
Geum glaciale, photographed by Алексей Логинов
fig. c Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109706001
Geum glaciale, photographed by Алексей Логинов
fig. d Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109705993
Geum glaciale, photographed by J Straka
fig. e J Straka, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35154523
Geum glaciale, photographed by Алексей Логинов
fig. f Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205312010
Geum glaciale, photographed by Valerii Glazunov
fig. g Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154742646
Geum glaciale, photographed by Valerii Glazunov
fig. h Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176998321

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Geum glaciale is native: Buryatiya, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon BuryatiyaKamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanWest SiberiaYakutiyaAlaskaNorthwest TerritoriesYukon
Native distribution of Geum glaciale, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Buryatiya BRY ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Northwest Territories NWT
Yukon YUK

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.

Also published as 4 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.

  • Acomastylis glacialis (Adams ex Fisch.) A.P.Khokhr.
  • Adamsia glacialis Fisch. ex Steud.
  • Novosieversia glacialis (Adams ex Fisch.) F.Bolle
  • Sieversia glacialis (Adams ex Fisch.) Spreng.

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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