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(First upload on January 21 2018. Last on October 25 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Geum L. used for gardening






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Geum L. (ダイコンソウ) used for gardening
G. chiloense Balb. ex Ser. (チリーダイコンソウ)
G. coccineum Sibth. et Sm. (ベニバナダイコンソウ)
G. hybridum Wulfen
G. urbanum L. (セイヨウダイコンソウ)
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G. coccineum Sibth. et Sm. (ベニバナダイコンソウ)


Benibanadaikonsou (ベニバナダイコンソウ, 紅花大根草), dwarf orange avens or red avens
Lifeform: perennial forb, with 10-45 cm tall, pruducing rosettes
Distribution: southern Europe - western Asia
Habitat: wet, marshy meadows and along streams
Chromosome number: 2n = 42
Synonyms:

Geum borisii Hort. = G. bulgaricum × montanum

Geum1 Geum2 Geum3
[1-3] within a flower bed under a street tree in N21/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 11 2022.

Geum urbanum in the West Coast


Seiyoudaikonsou (セイヨウダイコンソウ, 西洋大根草), wood avens, St. Benedict's herb or herb bennet
Lifeform: perennial forb, with 30-70 cm tall
Distribution: Europe and the Middle East → exotic to the West Coast
Habitat: woodland edges, near-hedgerows, scrubs, walls, etc.
Use: medicine, gardening → cultivars
Synonyms:

Geum rivale ssp. urbanum Á. Löve et D. Löve

Geum1 Geum2 Geum3
[1-3] in the South Park Blocks of Portland, Oregon, on August 10 2017.

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