Rosaceae
Yellow mountain-avens
Dryas drummondii
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Dryas
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Yellow mountain-avens, Drummond's mountain-avens
- Finnish
- Keltalapinvuokko
- Icelandic
- Orralauf
Synonyms
- Dryadaea drummondii (Richardson ex Hook.) Kuntze
- Dryas chamaedrifolia Richardson
- Dryas drummondii f. tomentosa (Farr) Hultén
- Dryas drummondii var. drummondii
- Dryas drummondii var. eglandulosa A.E.Porsild
- Dryas drummondii var. tomentosa (Farr) L.O.Williams
- Dryas octopetala var. drummondii (Richardson ex Hook.) S.Watson
- Dryas tomentosa Farr
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Naïs LE GAL, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Clover Love, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.