Rosaceae Week: Geum urbanum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Geum urbanum L., Sp. pl. 1:501. 1753

Common names: avens, Bennet's-root, cloveroot, herb-bennet, wood avens

Perennial herb with pinnate leaves, 6-12 leaflets, upper pair large, terminal orbicular, largest (up to 7 cm), upper with 3 leaflets or 3-lobed; flowers pale yellow 1.5-2 cm across; calyx lobes reflexed; style long, strongly incurved and jointed, upper part falling off in fruit.

Photographed from  Pahalgam, Dachhigam and Gulmarg in Kashmir in June and July

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Sir for sharing this plant. 

I think this week will be more fruitful for me as i am daily watching more than a dozen plants which are new for me. Yesterday and Today i went through all my collection of plant from 1999 to till date. Surprisingly,I was able to find only 5-6 members of Roasace and all unidentified. I will share soon them to get their id.

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Gurcharan Singh]

This should be taken as Geum roylei Bolle (syn: G. urbanum Auct. (non L.)

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/