Geum rivale L.
(Water Avens)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeum rivale (Water Avens)
GenusGeum (avens)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Geum rivale (Water Avens) :
1: Geum rivale (Water Avens)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Image 1: FlowerImage 2: Flower - close-upImage 3: FlowersImage 4: Flowers (2)Image 5: Fruiting head - close-upImage 6: Fruiting head - close-up (2)Image 7: Fruiting head - close-up (3)Image 8: Fruiting head - close-up (4)Image 9: LeafImage 10: Plant with flowersImage 11: Plant with flowers (2)Image 12: Fading flower - enlargedImage 13: Flower - enlarged
2: Geum rivale (Water Avens)
1 May 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Single abberant flower on otherwise normal garden plant. Reproductive parts of flower had aborted, but not known whether this was the cause or an effect.
Image 1: Abberant flower - LSImage 2: Abberant flower - LS - close-upImage 3: Abberant flower - side viewImage 4: Abberant flower - side view (2)Image 5: Abberant flower - top viewImage 6: Abberant flower - top view (2)Image 7: Abberant flower - undersideImage 8: Abberant flower - underside (2)Image 9: Normal and abberant flower
3: Geum rivale (Water Avens)
27 Jun 1971 OSGR: SK26 53° 10’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
Image 1: Flower and developing fruit - enlargedImage 2: Fruit - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Preston, C.D. 2004 Should Conservationists continue to ignore plant hybrids? British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 6: 411-415.

Geum rivale (Water Avens) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geum rivale (Water Avens)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geum rivale (Water Avens)
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