Dryas octopetala L.
(Mountain Avens)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens) :
1: Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
29 May 2017 OSIGR: M10 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
in flower on roadside banks
Image 1: Flowers and foliageImage 2: Flowers and foliage (2)Image 3: Flowers and foliage (3)Image 4: FoliageImage 5: Foliage (2)Image 6: On roadside bank - with flowersImage 7: On roadside bank - with flowers (2)
2: Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
28 May 2017 OSIGR: R39 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
in flower on limestone pavement
Image 1: Flower and foliageImage 2: Flower and foliage - side view - white backgroundImage 3: Flower and foliage - side view - white background (2)Image 4: Flower and foliage - side view - white background (3)Image 5: Flower and foliage - side view - white background (4)Image 6: Flower and foliage - top viewImage 7: Flower, bud and foliage - top viewImage 8: Flower bud - side viewImage 9: Flower bud - side view (2)Image 10: Flower - close-upImage 11: Flower - close-up (2)Image 12: Flower, fruit and foliage - top viewImage 13: Flower - oblique viewImage 14: Flower - top viewImage 15: Two flowers
3: Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
27 May 2017 OSIGR: M00 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
Image 1: FoliageImage 2: Foliage (2)Image 3: Foliage - under surfaceImage 4: Fruit - white backgroundImage 5: Fruit - white background (2)Image 6: Fruit - white background (3)Image 7: Fruit - white background (4)Image 8: In fruitImage 9: In fruit (2)Image 10: In fruit (3)Image 11: Leaf - top surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Leaf - under surface - enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Harrington, T. 2001 Fungi in the Burren Field Mycology Vol 2 (1): 30-33, rear cover.

Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
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