ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Dryas octopetala

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Rosaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Dryas
Species: Dryas octopetala
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Dryas octopetala. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Dryadaea octopetalaName author: (L.) Kuntze
Dryas alpinaName author: Salisb.
Dryas babingtonianaName author: A.E.Porsild
Dryas camschaticaName author: Juz.
Dryas camschatica f. albicansName author: (Kom.) Kom. ex Juz.
Dryas caucasicaName author: Juz.
Dryas chamaedrifoliaName author: (Crantz) Gray
Dryas chamaedrifolioidesName author: Pall.
Dryas chamaedryoidesName author: Pall.
Dryas crenataName author: Raf.
Dryas dasypetalaName author: Juz.
Dryas depressaName author: (Bab.) Bab.
Dryas eriopodaName author: Gand.
Dryas henricaeName author: Juz.
Dryas lanataName author: Stein ex Correvon
Dryas lepidaName author: Gand.
Dryas montanaName author: Bubani
Dryas niveaName author: F.Kern. ex Correvon
Dryas octopetala f. albicansName author: Kom.
Dryas octopetala f. argenteaName author: (Blytt) Hultén
Dryas octopetala f. hirsutaName author: Hartz
Dryas octopetala f. lanataName author: (Stein ex Correvon) C.K.Schneid.
Dryas octopetala f. octopetalaName author: Not supplied
Dryas octopetala f. typicaName author: Derganc
Dryas octopetala f. typicaName author: (Beck) Buia
Dryas octopetala f. vestitaName author: (Beck) Buia
Dryas octopetala subsp. caucasicaName author: (Juz.) Hultén
Dryas octopetala subsp. chamaedrifoliaName author: (Crantz) Gams
Dryas octopetala subsp. chamaedryfoliaName author: (Crantz) Gams
Dryas octopetala subsp. dasypetalaName author: (Juz.) Hultén
Dryas octopetala subsp. octopetalaName author: Not supplied
Dryas octopetala subsp. punctataName author: (Juz.) Hultén
Dryas octopetala subsp. subincisaName author: Jurtzev
Dryas octopetala subsp. viscidaName author: (Hultén) Kozhevn.
Dryas octopetala unranked genuinaName author: Regel & Tiling
Dryas octopetala unranked longifoliaName author: Regel & Tiling
Dryas octopetala var. angustifoliaName author: C.L.Hitchc.
Dryas octopetala var. argenteaName author: A.Blytt
Dryas octopetala var. camschaticaName author: (Juz.) Hultén
Dryas octopetala var. caucasicaName author: Bornm.
Dryas octopetala var. collinaName author: Em.Schmid
Dryas octopetala var. dasypetalaName author: (Juz.) Hultén
Dryas octopetala var. depressaName author: Bab.
Dryas octopetala var. hirsutaName author: Hartz
Dryas octopetala var. longifoliaName author: (Regel & Tiling) Regel & Trautv.
Dryas octopetala var. luteolaName author: Hultén
Dryas octopetala var. minorName author: Hook.
Dryas octopetala var. octopetalaName author: Not supplied
Dryas octopetala var. pilosaName author: Bab.
Dryas octopetala var. typicaName author: Beck

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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