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Geum (Avens) is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 50 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae
Rosaceae

The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-160 genera. Traditionally it has been divided into four subfamilies: Rosoideae, Spiraeoideae, Maloideae, and Amygdaloideae....
, native to Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, North
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. They are closely related to Potentilla
Potentilla

Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of Annual plant, Biennial plant and Perennial plant herbaceouss in the rose family Rosaceae....
 and Fragaria
Strawberry

Fragaria is the name of a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits....
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Geum species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Grizzled Skipper
Grizzled Skipper

----The Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family....
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Geum (Avens) is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 50 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae
Rosaceae

The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-160 genera. Traditionally it has been divided into four subfamilies: Rosoideae, Spiraeoideae, Maloideae, and Amygdaloideae....
, native to Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, North
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. They are closely related to Potentilla
Potentilla

Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of Annual plant, Biennial plant and Perennial plant herbaceouss in the rose family Rosaceae....
 and Fragaria
Strawberry

Fragaria is the name of a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits....
.

Geum species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Grizzled Skipper
Grizzled Skipper

----The Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family....
. Species
  • Geum aleppicum
    Geum aleppicum

    Yellow Avens is a flowering plant native to most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from eastern Europe across Asia and North America.It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall with pinnate leaf....
     - Yellow Avens
  • Geum bulgaricum
    Geum bulgaricum

    Geum bulgaricum is a member of the Rosacea family. It is native to eastern Europe and has small, bell-like yellow blossoms....
  • Geum calthifolium
  • Geum canadense
    Geum canadense

    Geum canadense is a plant in the rose family, Rosaceae....
     - White Avens
  • Geum chiloense
  • Geum coccineum - Red Avens
  • Geum elatum
  • Geum heterocarpum
  • Geum japonicum
    Geum japonicum

    Geum japonicum is a yellow-flowering perennial native to North America and East Asia, especially Japan. It may be synonymous with Geum macrophyllum, the North American flower....
  • Geum laciniatum
    Geum laciniatum

    Geum laciniatum is a member of the Rosacea family.External links...
     - Rough Avens
  • Geum leiospermum
  • Geum macrophyllum
    Geum macrophyllum

    Largeleaf Avens is a flowering plant found from the Arctic south to the northern U.S. states, and west of the Rocky Mountains as far south as Mexico....
     - Largeleaf Avens
  • Geum molle
  • Geum montanum - Alpine Avens
  • Geum parviflorum
  • Geum peckii
  • Geum pentapetalum
  • Geum pyrenaicum
  • Geum reptans - Creeping Avens
  • Geum rhodopeum
  • Geum rivale - Water Avens
  • Geum rossii - Alpine Avens
  • Geum sikkimense
  • Geum sylvaticum
  • Geum triflorum
    Geum triflorum

    Geum triflorum, is a spring Perennial plant prairie wild flower.External links*...
     - Purple Avens
  • Geum turbinatum
  • Geum uniflorum
  • Geum urbanum - Wood Avens
    Wood Avens

    Geum urbanum, also known as Wood Avens, Herb Bennet, Colewort and St. Benedict's herb, is a perennial plant in the Rose family which grows in shady places in Europe and the Middle East....
     or Herb Bennet
  • Geum virginianum - Virginia Avens


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