''Geum aleppicum'', commonly called yellow avens or common avens is a

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native to most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from eastern

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across

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and North America. It is a

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growing to 1 m tall with pinnate leaves. The

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s are 2 cm diameter, yellow, with five to seven toothed petals. There are two subspecies: *''Geum aleppicum'' subsp. ''aleppicum''. Europe and Asia. *''Geum aleppicum'' subsp. ''strictum''. North America.

Distribution and habitat

It grows in forests and meadows, on grassy slopes, on river banks, in clearings and along roads. In Europe, it is found in the

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of Romania and Slovakia, in eastern Poland and the Baltic countries, Belarus, Ukraine, the wider Caucasus region and then its area extends from European Russia east across the southern half of

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...

, south up to Tienshan and to the east reaching the Pacific coast, with disjunct distributions in southern

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

, and northern Japan. It is widespread in the northern temperate region of China, but it can also be found across the central parts of the country and from there southwest up to

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

. In North America, its range extends from Alaska through western and southern Canada, most of the US states (except in the southeast), and southwards up to Mexico. It has been introduced in Scandinavia and New Zealand.

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentDistribution map
{{taxonbar , from=Q2585830 aleppicum Flora of California Flora of the Western United States Flora without expected TNC conservation status