Scientific Name: Geum coccineum
Common Name: dwarf orange geum, avens
Family Name: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Waterside planting
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Spatulate, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, Orange, May-Jun
Fruit: Achene, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves mostly compound with largest leaflet at tip; flowers petals large and usually orange (semi-doubled in some cvs.), many pistils forming achenes.