Geum rivale in Genus Geum

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Internal ID	UUID64403f9cb6eae515316389
Scientific name	Geum rivale
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 501 (1753)

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Common products:
- Ornamental horticulture: cultivated as a garden perennial for moist, shaded sites; used in boggy borders, water‑garden plantings, and as a cut‑flower for its nodding pink‑ish‑white flowers.

Properties relevant to use:
- Herbaceous, rhizomatous perennial with deep, moisture‑retentive roots; tolerates consistently damp soils and partial shade; produces attractive foliage and long‑lasting flowers; spreads slowly via rhizomes, making it suitable for low‑maintenance groundcover or naturalized plantings.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Commercial material is propagated from seed or division in nurseries, limiting pressure on wild populations; wild stands are widespread and not currently considered threatened, though responsible collection practices are advised when wild‑stock is used.

Standards and regulation:
- International trade of ornamental perennials is subject to standard phytosanitary controls (e.g., EU Plant Passport, USDA plant import regulations) applicable to all horticultural species, ensuring compliance with plant health and biosecurity requirements.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Geum rivale subsp. islandicum	Á.Löve & D.Löve	; 1961 53 1961
Caryophyllata rivalis	Scop.	Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 365 (1771)
Geum pallidum	Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 49 (1846)
Caryophyllata aquatica	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 123 (1779)
Geum nutans	Crantz	Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2. 70; Rafin. in Am. Monthly Mag. (1818) 344. 1769
Geum rivale var. luxurians	Tratt.	Rosacearum monographia ; 1823 121 1823
Anemone dodecaphylla	Krock.	Flora silesiaca ; 1787 235, t.20 1790
Geum hybridum	Wulfen	in Jacq. Misc. ii. 33.
Bernoullia rivalis	(L.) Raf.	Autikon Botanikon ; 1840 173 1840
Geum nutans	Crantz	Stirp. Austr. Fasc. , ed. 2: 70 (1769)
Bernoullia hybrida	Raf.	Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 97. 1790
Caryophyllata nutans	Moench	Methodus : 661 (1794)
Geum rivale var. lividum	Chitr.	Materialy k poznanija prirody Orlovskoi gubernii ; 1904 68 1904
Geum rivale f. subalpinum	Neuman	; 1905 261 1905
Geum rivale subsp. subalpinum	(Neuman) Selander	; 1947 275 1947
Geum rivale var. subalpinum	(Neuman) Selander	; 1950 14 1950
Bernoullia nutans	(Raf.) Raf.	Autik. Bot. : 173 (1840)
Caryophyllata nutans	Lam.	Encycl. 1: 399 (1785)
Caryophyllata prolifera	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 257 (1782)
Geum rafinesqueanum	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 683.
Geum incisum	Dumort.	Fl. Belg. : 97 (1827)
Geum pictum	Scheutz	Prodr. Monogr. Geor. : 38 (1870)
Geum nutans	Lam.	Encycl. 1: 399 (1785)
Potentilla nutans	Gueldenst.	Reis. Russland 2: 79 (1791)
Geum rivale var. alpinum	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 183 (1866)
Geum rivale unranked ambiguum	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. : 113 (1846)
Geum rivale var. asperum	Pawł.	Fl. Polska 7: 234 (1955)
Geum rivale var. degeneratum	Baumg. ex Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 183 (1866)
Geum rivale var. grandifolium	Scheutz	Prodr. Monogr. Geor. : 38 (1870)
Geum rivale subvar. humile	Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 877 (1905)
Geum rivale var. hybridum	Gaudin	Fl. Helv. 3: 412 (1828)
Geum rivale f. interstylosum	W.F.Christ.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 22: 104 (1916 publ. 1917)
Geum rivale var. leonardii	Bergmans	Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters : 247 (1924)
Geum rivale var. minus	Ser.	Prodr. 2: 552 (1825)
Geum rivale unranked monstrosum	Hagenb.	Tent. Fl. Basil. 2: 37 (1834)
Geum rivale var. proliferum	Ser.	Prodr. 2: 552 (1825)
Geum rivale var. strictum	Norman	Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 6: 248 (1851)
Geum rivale f. typicum	Buia	Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 938 (1956)
Geum rivale var. grandiflorum	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 579 (1821 publ. 1822)
Geum rivale f. hispanicum	Pau	Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 4: 30 (1891)
Geum rivale var. nemorale	H.Post	Bot. Not. 1844: 140 (1844)
Geum rivale var. pallidum	(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) A.Blytt	Norges Fl. 3: 1178 (1876)
Geum hybridum	Wulfen ex Jacq.	Misc. Austriac. 2: 33 (1781)
Geum nutans	Raf.	Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 344 (1818)
Geum rivale f. alpinum	(Schur) Buia	Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 667 (1956)
Geum rivale subvar. grandifolium	Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 877 (1905)
Geum rivale subvar. strictum	(Norman) Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 877 (1905)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	water avens
English	purple avens
Spanish	cariofilada acuatica
Spanish	cariofilada acuática
Spanish	cariofilada de agua
Spanish	cariofilada de los arroyos
Spanish	cariofilata acuatica
Spanish	cariofilata acuática
Spanish	orejuela de arroyo
Arabic	حشيشة بركة
Arabic	بنوات
Arabic	حشيشة مباركة
Azerbaijani	Çay çınqılotu
Bulgarian	ручейно омайниче
Czech	kuklík potoční
Welsh	mapgoll glan y dŵr
Welsh	bendigeidlys y dŵr
Danish	eng-nellikerod
German	bach-nelkenwurz
German	bachnelkenwurz
Estonian	ojamõõl
Persian	علف مبارک رونده
Finnish	ojakellukka
French	benoite des ruisseaux
French	benoîte des ruisseaux
Irish	macall uisce
Upper Sorbian	přirěčny kuklik
Hungarian	bókoló gyömbérgyökér
Armenian	Շոհոքրամ գետային
Icelandic	fjalldalafífill
Cornish	lesbenigys an dowr
Lithuanian	raudonoji žiognagė
Lithuanian	gegutės bliūdelis
Latvian	pļavas bitene
Norwegian Bokmål	enghumleblom
Dutch	knikkend nagelkruid
Norwegian Nynorsk	enghumleblom
Polish	kuklik zwisły
Russian	Гравилат ручейный
Russian	гравилат речной
Russian	Гравилат приручейный
se	niitobiellorássi
Slovak	kuklík potočný
Slovenian	potočna sretena
Swedish	humleblomster
Swedish	stort humleblomster
Swedish	vanligt humleblomster
Ukrainian	гравілат річковий
vep	ojakelloine
Chinese	柔毛水杨梅
Chinese	紫萼路边青
Chinese	紫萼路邊青

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Start at 20°C; if no germination occurs within 3 months, cool seeds to 4°C for 1-2 months, then return to 20°C.

Requires Light or Surface Sowing: These seeds need light to germinate and should not be covered with soil or only very lightly. They are often very small and sown directly on the surface of the growing medium.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Caucasus
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- China
  - Xinjiang
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
  - Kirgizstan
  - Uzbekistan
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia
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- Eastern Europe
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Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001004152
UNII	G5NY41867W
UNII	Y39AL4RGJZ
Canadensys	8772
USDA Plants	GERI2
Tropicos	27800073
INPN	100215
Flora of Italy	2013
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:725355-1
The Plant List	rjp-357
Plantarium	17564
Missouri Botanical Garden	286350
Open Tree Of Life	829919
Observations.org	2543
NCBI Taxonomy	148897
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000003363
Nature Serve	2.128845
IUCN Red List	64314072
IPNI	725355-1
iNaturalist	55750
GBIF	5369701
Freebase	/m/09q4kq
WisFlora	3706
EPPO	GEURI
EOL	231260
Elurikkus	4908
USDA GRIN	431619
Wikipedia	Geum_rivale

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_964205265.1	drGeuRiva1.hap1.1	Chromosome	WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE	2024-07-29	59	0.98 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Identification of Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Acanthamoeba: Structural Insights into Sterol 14α-Demethylase as a Key Drug Target

Hargrove TY, Lamb DC, Wawrzak Z, Hull M, Kelly SL, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI

J Med Chem

29-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11089504
doi:	10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00303
PMID:	38683753

What are the drivers of female success in food‐deceptive orchids?

Wróblewska A, Ostrowiecka B, Kotowicz J, Jermakowicz E, Tałałaj I, Szefer P

Ecol Evol

18-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11026981
doi:	10.1002/ece3.11233
PMID:	38646005

Land‐use affects pollinator‐specific resource availability and pollinator foraging behaviour

Birkenbach M, Straub F, Kiesel A, Ayasse M, Wilfert L, Kuppler J

Ecol Evol

07-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10918743
doi:	10.1002/ece3.11061
PMID:	38455145

The Oldest Bryophyte Herbarium Specimens from Central Europe, Collected by M. E. Boretius in 1717: Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Datation and Ethnopharmacology

Drobnik J, Stebel A, Graniszewska M

Plants (Basel)

24-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10857619
doi:	10.3390/plants13030349
PMID:	38337882

The Distribution Characteristics of Vegetation in the Subrange of the Altai Mountains, Xinjiang

Cao Q, Wei Y, Li W, Feng Y, Abduraimov OS

Plants (Basel)

20-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10675357
doi:	10.3390/plants12223915
PMID:	38005812

The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

Mass Spectrometric Fingerprint Mapping Reveals Species-Specific Differences in Plant Polyphenols and Related Bioactivities

Vanhakylä S, Salminen JP

Molecules

31-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10490256
doi:	10.3390/molecules28176388
PMID:	37687216

Spatial heterogeneity ensures long-term stability in vegetation and Fritillaria meleagris flowering in Uppsala Kungsäng, a semi-natural meadow

Hytteborn H, Carlsson BÅ, Svensson BM, Zhang L, Rydin H

PLoS One

08-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10045606
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0282116
PMID:	36888605

Potentilloside A, a New Flavonol-bis-Glucuronide from the Leaves of Potentilla chinensis, Inhibits TNF-α-Induced ROS Generation and MMP-1 Secretion

Lee SY, Choi YJ, Son SR, Yoon YS, Lee SH, Lee KT, Lee S, Jang DS

Plants (Basel)

01-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9738723
doi:	10.3390/plants11233318
PMID:	36501357

Phytogeographic Characteristics of Montane Coniferous Forests of the Central Balkan Peninsula (SE Europe)

Ilić T, Kuzmanović N, Vukojičić S, Lakušić D

Plants (Basel)

22-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9741231
doi:	10.3390/plants11233194
PMID:	36501234

Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions

Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R

Ecol Evol

01-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9627074
doi:	10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:	36340817

Phytochemical Characterization of Water Avens (Geum rivale L.) Extracts: Structure Assignment and Biological Activity of the Major Phenolic Constituents

Orlova A, Kysil E, Tsvetkova E, Meshalkina D, Whaley A, Whaley AO, Laub A, Francioso A, Babich O, Wessjohann LA, Mosca L, Frolov A, Povydysh M

Plants (Basel)

26-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9658556
doi:	10.3390/plants11212859
PMID:	36365312

Allelopathic Potential of Mangroves from the Red River Estuary against the Rice Weed Echinochloa crus-galli and Variation in Their Leaf Metabolome

Dhaou D, Baldy V, Van Tan D, Malachin JR, Pouchard N, Roux A, Dupouyet S, Greff S, Culioli G, Michel T, Fernandez C, Bousquet-Mélou A

Plants (Basel)

21-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9573700
doi:	10.3390/plants11192464
PMID:	36235332

Long‐term spatiotemporal dynamics in a mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) forest in south‐east Norway

Nygaard PH, Bøhler F, Øyen B, Tveite B

Plant Environ Interact

06-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC10168091
doi:	10.1002/pei3.10087
PMID:	37283608

Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganism Pseudarthrobacter sp. NIBRBAC000502770 Enhances the Growth and Flavonoid Content of Geum aleppicum

Ham SH, Yoon AR, Oh HE, Park YG

Microorganisms

17-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9231079
doi:	10.3390/microorganisms10061241
PMID:	35744759

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives / Gallic acids
Gallic Acid	370	Click to see	170.12	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10286020290024022
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(+)-Ursolic Acid	64945	Click to see	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H
Oleanolic Acid	10494	Click to see	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Oxosteroids / 16-oxosteroids
methyl (1S,2S,4aS,4bR,6aS,9R,10R,10aR,12aS)-10-hydroxy-2-(1-methoxy-2-methyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl)-1-(2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)-1,4a,4b,9,10-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10a,12,12a-decahydro-2H-chrysene-6a-carboxylate	101603364	Click to see	560.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10286020290024022
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Sucrose	5988	Click to see	342.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10286020290024022
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Caffeic Acid	689043	Click to see	180.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 6,7-dihydroxycoumarins
Esculetin	5281416	Click to see	178.14	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol	5280863	Click to see	286.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H
Quercetin	5280343	Click to see	302.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<561::AID-PTR651>3.0.CO;2-H

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Geum rivale

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Details Top

Ethnobotanical Use Top

General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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