About Geum montanum L.
Geum montanum, commonly called the Alpine avens, is a flowering plant species in the Geum genus, belonging to the Rosaceae family. It is native to mountain regions of central and southern Europe. This species is widespread across the Alps, where it most commonly grows at elevations between 1430 and 2300 m. It can be found as low as 700 m in Centovalli and as high as 3500 m on Monte Rosa. Its distribution also extends to the Pyrenees, the Cantabrians, the Massif Central, the Black Forest, and the Sudetes, where it occurs between 1300 and 1400 m. It grows throughout the Carpathians, ranging from 900 to 2500 m in the Tatras. Additional areas where it is found include the northern Apennines, the island of Corsica, and the Balkan Peninsula. On the Balkan Peninsula, it grows in the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo (specifically the Žljeb and Accursed Mountains), the northernmost part of Greece (growing between 2000 and 2500 m on Varnous, Kajmakčalan and Tzena), eastern Serbia (Suva Planina), and western Bulgaria. In Bulgaria, it occurs at 1600 to 2700 m in western and central Stara Planina, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Osogovo, Rila, Pirin, Slavyanka and the western Rhodopes. When cultivated in the United Kingdom, Geum montanum has earned the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In traditional Austrian medicine, tea made from the roots of Geum montanum has been used internally to treat rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.
