Dryas octopetala
| Dryas octopetala | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Faimily: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Dryas |
| Species: | D. octopetala |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryas octopetala | |
Dryas octopetala (Muntain day's-ee) is an arctic-alpine flouerin plant in the faimily Rosaceae. It is a smaa prostrate evergreen subshrub furmin lairge colonies. The specific epithet octopetala derives frae the Greek octo (aicht) an petalon (petal), referrin tae the aicht petals o the flouer, an unuisual nummer in the Rosaceae, whaur five is the normal nummer. However, flouers wi up tae 16 petals an aa occur naiturally.
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Seed heid o Dryas octopetala
