Geum coccineum Sibth. & Sm.

Taxonomy: Fam. Rosaceae// Genus: Geum// Species: Geum coccineum Sibth. & Sm.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Gajewski in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).

Distribution: Native from Southeast Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats – wet grasslands, bogs and mires, alongside streams from c.1400 m up to the highest peaks. Common in the subalpine belt.

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Late spring to early summer: MAY, JUN.

Geum coccineum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flowering stem with inflorescence and cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – calyx and epicalyx. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – developing fruit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – developing fruit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flowering stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flowering stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – pedicel, calyx and epicalyx. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – developing fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – developing fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Geum coccineum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Geum coccineum Sm. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:725216-1 [Accessed 28.05.2022].

Geum L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 927 – 933.

Geum L. Gajewski, W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 34 – 36.

Last update: 04.03.2025.