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    (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Gennadiy Okatov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Lena Dietz Chiasson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Michael Steinwandter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Karl Palsson, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Max Kindler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Eight-petal Mountain-Avens

Dryas octopetala

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Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a small prostrate evergreen subshrub forming large colonies. The specific epithet octopetala derives from the Greek octo (eight) and petalon (petal), referring to the eight petals of the flower, an unusual number in the Rosaceae, where five is the normal number. However, flowers with up to 16 petals also occur naturally.

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