Nederlands: Knikkend nagelkruid
Español: Cariofilada de agua - Benedicta - Hierba de San Benito
Français: Benoîte des ruisseaux - Benoite des ruisseaux
Deutsch: Bach-Nelkenwurz
Family: Rosaceae - Rose family
Flowering time: April-September
Height: 20-50cm
Altitude: to 2100m
Colour: pale pink, salmon
Habitat: stream banks, wet pastures, shaded habitats
Distribution: throughout Europe, except some parts of the Mediterranean region
Notes: In the Netherlands Water Avens is on the ´Red List´ of vascular plants, classified as ´seriously threatened´. Geum rivale has become extinct in Belgium and is also protected in some parts of France. In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, apart from Geum rivale three other Geum species can be found: Geum heterocarpum, Geum sylvaticum and Geum urbanum.
Related key words: Botanische tuin Kralingen Rotterdam, Barranco de Benalcázar, El Dornajo, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Bosque de las Hayas (Ansó), Selva de Sallent (Sallent de Gállego), Artiga de Lín (Viella), Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Picos de Europa, Alps, insect
