Rosaceae

A. erythropoda Juz. in Grossh., Fl. Kavk. ed. 1,4:323 (1934). Figure 1, p. 87. Differs from A. caucasica in its less dwarf habit (flowering stems up to 20 cm)
and in the deflexed hairs especially evident on lower stem internodes and mature petioles. Fl. 5-8. Alpine pasture, rocky slopes, 1700-3450 m.
Described from Georgia, nr. Baku.
N. & E. Anatolia. A3 Bolu: Çelidoruğutepe, 1700 m, Kühne 860! A7 Giresun: Balaban Da., above Tamdere, 2700 m, D. 20577! Trabzon: Zigana pass, 2200 m, 14 vii 1958, Markgraf! Gümüşane: Chromdagh, Sint. 1894:5850! A8 Trabzon: 3 km N. of summit of Bayburt to Of pass, 2400 m, Stn. & Hend. 6192! Rize: summit of Rize to Ispir pass, 3000 m, Stn. & Hend. 6273! Çoruh: Otingöl, 2000 m, Stn. & Hend. 5991! A9 Çoruh: Kordevan Da., d. Ardanuç, 2700 m, D. 30371! Kars: S.W. slope of Kisir Da., 2500 m, D. 30570! B9 Ağri: Hudavendigar Tepe, above Diyadin, 2300-3450 m, Watson et al. 3069! B10 Kars: Küçük Ağri Da., nr. Serdar Bulak, 2300 m, D. 46923!
C. Europe, N. Balkans, Crimea, Caucasus, Georgia, Soviet Armenia, N. Iran. Euro-Sib. element. The most widespread species of Ser. Pubescentes. I have retained A. caucasica and A. erythropoda as separate species although there is some difficulty in determining small specimens. As interpreted here, A. erythropoda seems to contain much variation in leaf shape and might be further subdivided, as suggested also by Fröhner. The reddish-purple colour often (but not always) developed in the stems of A. erythropoda is by no means diagnostic of that species, being often developed in A. caucasica and other Pubescentes.