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Dryas octopetala L.

mountain avens (Rosaceae)

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Dryas octopetala is an Arctic–Alpine dwarf shrub with distinctive shiny, crenate leaves, and distinctive (approximately) 8-petalled white flowers.

Invernaver (VC108: West Sutherland); 2019-07-02

 mountain avens / Dryas octopetala: _Dryas octopetala_ is an <a href="aa.html">Arctic–Alpine</a> dwarf shrub with distinctive shiny, crenate leaves, and distinctive (approximately) 8-petalled white flowers.

Dryas octopetala is fairly common in parts of Scotland and Ireland but rare in England and Wales; its fruits are achenes adapted for wind-dispersal.

Totes Gebirge, Austria; 2005-08-29

 mountain avens / Dryas octopetala: _Dryas octopetala_ is fairly common in parts of Scotland and Ireland but rare in England and Wales; its fruits are achenes adapted for wind-dispersal.

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