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Mountain-Avens
Dryas
Dryas is a genus of perennial cushion-forming evergreen dwarf shrubs in the family Rosaceae, native to the arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The genus is named after the dryads, the tree nymphs of ancient Greek mythology. The classification of Dryas within the Rosaceae has been unclear. The genus was formerly placed in the subfamily Rosoideae, but is now placed in subfamily Dryadoideae.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens
speciesDryas octopetala
Entireleaf Mountain-Avens
speciesDryas integrifolia
Yellow Mountain-avens
speciesDryas drummondii
Hooker's Mountain-Avens
speciesDryas hookeriana
Ajan Mountain-avens
speciesDryas ajanensis
Alaska Mountain-avens
speciesDryas alaskensis
Dryas oxyodonta
speciesDryas oxyodonta
Dryas caucasica
speciesDryas caucasica
Dryas grandis
speciesDryas grandis
Dryas sumneviczii
speciesDryas sumneviczii
Dryas × chamissonis
hybridDryas × chamissonis
Dryas viscosa
speciesDryas viscosa
Crenulate-leaved Mountain-Avens
speciesDryas incisa
Dryas × suendermannii
hybridDryas × suendermannii
Dryas × lewinii
hybridDryas × lewinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83542.