Geum nipponicum

Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum

  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Geum nipponicum
  • Flower name
    Geum nipponicum
  • Scientific name
    Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum
  • Alias深山大根草, 大根草
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringHigh mountain, Sub-alpine
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Geum nipponicum

Geum nipponicum, scientific name: Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum, is a perennial alpine rose of Geum native to Japan. It live in the sand and gravel of the (sub) high mountains from Hokkaido to Honshu. Leaves compared with flowers large and stand out is the terminal leaflet large odd pinnately compound leaves. Leaves are small flowers bloom in the summer there is a serrated leaf edge, shiny green with yellow 5 petaled flower petals has heart-shaped.

Common name: Geum nipponicum, scientific name: Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum, Other name:Miyama Daikonso, Habitat: Hokkaido-Honshu Japan, environment: (sub) perennial high mountain gravel, live: alpine plants, height: 10-30 cm, leaf: leaflets are extremely large odd pinnately compound leaves, leaf color: green, leaf margin: serrated with, leaf quality: gloss with, flower: yellow, flower diameter: 2 cm,Petal count: five-petaled flowers, petal shape: heart-shaped, flowering period: July-August.


  • Order
    Rosales
  • Family
    Rosaceae
  • Genus
    Geum
  • Species
    G. calthifolium var. nipponicum
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    Odd pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeAlpine Grass for many years
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height10.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 2.0 cm

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