Geum molle


Geum molle is a species of flowering plant of the genus Geum in the family Rosaceae. A perennial herbaceous plant found on meadows, it is native to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula and Italy. It blooms with yellow flowers between June and August.

Distribution

The plant is found in several of the mountains of southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, northernmost Greece, eastern and northern Albania, the west and north of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, and western Bulgaria. Within Italy, it grows in scattered localities in the central and southern Apennines: in the, in Abruzzo, the Alburni in Campania, near Monte Arioso in Basilicata, and on La Sila in Calabria.

Hybrids

The hybrid Geum molle × Geum rivale, sometimes known as Geum pseudomolle, is found in eastern Montenegro's Crna Planina, western Bulgaria's Vitosha, and probably elsewhere. Geum molle × Geum coccineum has been noted in Vitosha.