Dryas octopetala
Mountain Avens
Also known as: Dryadea octopetala (L.) Kuntze, 1891 +10 more
- Dryadea octopetala (L.) Kuntze, 1891
- Dryas babingtonii Porsild
- Dryas chamaedrifolioides Pall.
- Dryas kamtschatica Juz.
- Dryas octopetala f. octopetala
- Dryas octopetala f. typica (Beck) Buia
- Dryas octopetala f. typica Derganc
- Dryas octopetala subsp. genuina Regel & Tiling
- Dryas octopetala var. octopetala
- Dryas octopetala var. typica Beck
- Dryas punctata subsp. punctata
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Rosaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Dryas octopetala (commonly known as Mountain Avens) is a shrub belonging to the Rosaceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.
Macro Climate
Unspecified
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, Mongolia, Northern Europe, Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia