Geum montanum L., 1753 39% complete

Alpine avens

Sp. Pl.: 501 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Geum montanum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 501 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Alpine avens No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 7 cm
  • 7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 65 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 310, 500, 519, 582, 807, 818, 832, 898
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
1 earlier or rejected value
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
1 earlier or rejected value
Not on the record
Maximum height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 310, 500, 519, 582, 807, 818, 832, 898
Differs from sources
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug
  • jul|aug · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 110, 164, 175, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 444
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4
  • pH 4 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 9 cm
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded 20.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 228, 468, 582, 837
Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator —
1 earlier or rejected value
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
1 earlier or rejected value
Not on the record