Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Dryas octopetala L. |
Synonyms | Dryas caucasica Juz. |
Dryas kamtschatica Juz. | |
Dryas punctata Juz. | |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to suborbiculate, coriaceous, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially pilose or glabrous, obtusely serrate, flowers 15-25mm across, petals obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) China (Manchuria , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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