Geum rossii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names Ross' avens and alpine avens. It is native to North America where its distribution spans northern Canada and the high mountains of the western United States.[1][2] It grows at high-latitude and high-elevation habitat, including the Arctic and in alpine climates. There are three varieties. One, var. depressum, is endemic to Washington in the United States, where it is limited to the Wenatchee Mountains.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Geum |
| Species: | G. rossii
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The plants' flowers are similar in appearance to those of species in the Potentilla (or cinquefoil) genus. Geum rossii has less flowers per stem and leaves which are somewhat fernlike.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Geum rossii Ross' Avens". NatureServe. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b Geum rossii var. depressum. USFS Celebrating Wildflowers Critically Imperiled Plant Profile.
- ^ Blackwell, Laird R. (2006). Great Basin Wildflowers: A Guide to Common Wildflowers of the High Deserts of Nevada, Utah, and Oregon (A Falcon Guide) (1st ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Morris Book Publishing, LLC. p. 166. ISBN 0-7627-3805-7. OCLC 61461560.
External links
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Media related to Geum rossii at Wikimedia Commons
- Washington Burke Museum
- Geum rossii in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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