Geum coccineum Sm.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Geum coccineum was discovered by Sibthorp on the Bithynian Olympus (Ulu Dağ) in NW Anatolia. It occurs in the C Balkan Peninsula and in N Anatolia eastwards to the Erzurum area, generally along creeks and in seepage meadows at subalpine levels on non-calcareous mountains, with species such as Caltha palustris, Cardamine acris and Doronicum austriacum. It is commonly cultivated as a garden ornamental in Europe.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 358 [Plate 21.3]
