Rosaceae
Eightpetal mountain-avens
Dryas octopetala
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Dryas
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- درياس ثماني البتلات, الحوربة, دميص ذو ثلاث بتلات, شاي الألب, شاي سويسري, نبتة الجبال, درياس قوقازي
- arz
- درياس ثمانى البتلات
- Bulgarian
- Пирински сребърник
- Catalan
- Rosa de roca
- Chinese
- 仙女木, 多瓣木
- Croatian
- Osmerolatična osinica
- Czech
- Dryádka osmiplátečná
- Danish
- Almindelig Rypelyng
- Dutch
- Zilverkruid, Zilverblad
- English
- Eightpetal mountain-avens
- Esperanto
- Okpetala driado, Okpetalulo, Oktopetala driado
- Estonian
- Harilik drüüas
- Finnish
- Lapinvuokko, Tunturilapinvuokko
- French
- Chênette, Dryade à huit pétales, Dryade octopétale, Thé des Alpes, Thé suisse
- German
- Weisse Silberwurz, Weiße Silberwurz, Silberwurz
- hsb
- Slěbornička
- Hungarian
- Havasi magcsákó
- Icelandic
- Holtasóley
- Irish
- Leaithín
- Japanese
- チョウノスケソウ
- Kazakh
- Аратісті дарабас
- Korean
- 담자리꽃나무
- Latvian
- Astoņvainaglapu driāde
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Reinrose
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Reinrose
- Persian
- علف مبارک کوهی
- Polish
- Dębik ośmiopłatkowy
- Romanian
- Argințica, Argințică
- Russian
- Дриада восьмилепестная
- se
- Nuorsá, Golka
- Slovak
- Dryádka osemlupienková
- Slovenian
- Alpska velesa
- Spanish
- Driada de ocho petalos, Driada de ocho pétalos, Te del Pirineo, Té del Pirineo
- Swedish
- Fjällsippa, Fjällvippa
- Ukrainian
- Дріада восьмипелюсткова
- Welsh
- Derrig
Synonyms
- Dryadaea octopetala (L.) Kuntze
- Dryas alpina Salisb.
- Dryas babingtoniana A.E.Porsild
- Dryas camschatica Juz.
- Dryas camschatica f. albicans (Kom.) Kom. ex Juz.
- Dryas caucasica Juz.
- Dryas chamaedrifolia (Crantz) Gray
- Dryas chamaedrifolioides Pall.
- Dryas chamaedryoides Pall.
- Dryas crenata Raf.
- Dryas dasypetala Juz.
- Dryas depressa (Bab.) Bab.
- Dryas eriopoda Gand.
- Dryas henricae Juz.
- Dryas lanata Stein ex Correvon
- Dryas lepida Gand.
- Dryas montana Bubani
- Dryas nivea F.Kern. ex Correvon
- Dryas octopetala f. albicans Kom.
- Dryas octopetala f. argentea (Blytt) Hultén
- Dryas octopetala f. hirsuta Hartz
- Dryas octopetala f. lanata (Stein ex Correvon) C.K.Schneid.
- Dryas octopetala f. octopetala
- Dryas octopetala f. typica Derganc
- Dryas octopetala f. typica (Beck) Buia
- Dryas octopetala f. vestita (Beck) Buia
- Dryas octopetala subsp. caucasica (Juz.) Hultén
- Dryas octopetala subsp. chamaedrifolia (Crantz) Gams
- Dryas octopetala subsp. chamaedryfolia (Crantz) Gams
- Dryas octopetala subsp. dasypetala (Juz.) Hultén
- Dryas octopetala subsp. octopetala
- Dryas octopetala subsp. punctata (Juz.) Hultén
- Dryas octopetala subsp. subincisa Jurtzev
- Dryas octopetala subsp. viscida (Hultén) Kozhevn.
- Dryas octopetala unranked genuina Regel & Tiling
- Dryas octopetala unranked longifolia Regel & Tiling
- Dryas octopetala var. angustifolia C.L.Hitchc.
- Dryas octopetala var. argentea A.Blytt
- Dryas octopetala var. camschatica (Juz.) Hultén
- Dryas octopetala var. caucasica Bornm.
and 26 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,810 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Maugé, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Karen Stevnbak Andersen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gregor Zavašnik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.