Geum divergens Cheeseman

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Geum

Characteristics

Stock creeping, stout, woody; lvs radical, up to 6 cm. long; terminal lflt c. 2-3·5 cm. across, orbicular-reniform, coarsely crenate-dentate, sparsely hairy, margins densely ciliate with long whitish hairs; lateral lflts in 2-4 pairs, minute, about lanceolate, ciliate. Scape up to 10 cm. tall, slender, pubescent; bracts up to 5, up to 2 cm. long, lanceolate, toothed or incised. Fls 5 to solitary, up to 3 cm. diam.; calyx-lobes pubescent, ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, bractlets small; petals 5, c. 1 cm. long, yellow, obovate. Receptacle ± villous. Achenes villous, style long, glab., recurved at tip.
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Herb up to 15 cm high at flowering, arising from a stout woody stock. Basal lvs up to 6 cm long, pilose, imparipinnate; lateral leaflets in up to 6 pairs, minute; terminal leaflet 20-35 mm long, crenate-dentate; cauline lvs few, oblong, deeply toothed. Peduncle up to 15 cm high. Fls 1-5. Petals c. 12-15 mm long, yellow. Achenes pilose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.13
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Environment

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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Geum divergens world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:725219-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985332
COL ID 3FY9P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Oncostylus divergens Geum divergens