Geum bulgaricum


Geum bulgaricum is a species of flowering plant of the genus Geum in the family Rosaceae. A perennial herbaceous plant, it has small, bell-like yellow flowers, and is native to a few mountains on the Balkan Peninsula.
It is found throughout the range of the Accursed Mountains that span the borders between Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo, in the mountain of Kunora e Lurës in eastern Albania, on Sinjajevina and Žijovo/Kučke Planine in Montenegro, the mountains of Prenj, Čvrsnica and Čabulja in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Bulgaria's Rila mountain.
It grows in the alpine and subalpine zones. Its habitat ranges across mountain meadows, rocky slopes, and scree fields, and it can also be encountered among krummholz pine vegetation. It is associated with silicate rocks in Rila, and with carbonates in the western part of the range.
The bell-like flowers are nodding, similarly to Geum rivale, from which it is distinguished by the colour of the petals, the colour of the sepals, the size of the petals, and the structure of the fruit style.
Classified as "least concern" by the IUCN in 2011, it is mentioned in the red book of Albania, included in the red list of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has protected status in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia.