| Family | Rosaceae |
| Scientific name | Sieversia pentapetala (L.) Greene |
| Synonyms | Dryas pentapetala L.; Geum anemonoides Willdenow; Geum dryadioides (Siebold & Zuccarini) Franchet & Savatier; Geum pentapetalum (L.) Makino; Sieversia dryadoides Siebold & Zuccarini; Sieversia pentapetala (L.) Greene forma plena Miyabe & Tatewaki; Sieversia pentapetala (L.) Greene var. dilatata Takeda & Honda |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) chin-guruma [children's pinwheel] |
| (English common name) Aleutian avens | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Russia (Kamchatka, Kurile Islands, Sakhalin), USA (Alaska) | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
| Description | Plants 3-10cm. Leaves 1-1.5cm. Flowers white 2-2.5cm, flowering in July to August. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Geum pentapetalum (L.) Makino |
| Growth medium for Sphagnum moss (Canada Patent CA2511896/2004) | |
| Compositions and methods for modulating pigment production in plants (WIPO Patent WO/2007/027105) |
| July 2006 at Hachimantai Highland |
July 2006 at Hachimantai Highland |
July 2006 at Hachimantai Highland |
| August 2005 at Hachimantai Highland |