Coluria
(from kolouros, deprived of a tail; the seed is without the tail, so conspicuous in several allied genera). ORD. Rosaceae. The only species in this genus is the hardy herbaceous perennial described below. Styles jointed, falling from the achenes when mature, not adhering as in Geum, to which genus it is closely related. For culture, see Geum.
C. potentilloides (Potentilla-like). fl. orange; stem one to three-flowered. June. l. interruptedly pinnate, the terminal leaflets large, the lateral ones unequal in size and shape, all canescent beneath; cauline ones trifid or entire. h. 6in. to 1ft. Siberia, 1780. This has at different times been placed under Dryas, Geum, and Sieversia.