Index / Search / Dryas octopetala ssp. alaskensis
§1 Plant
Dryas octopetala L. ssp. alaskensis (A.E. Porsild) Hultén
vernacular Alaskan mountain-avens — subspecies · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Dryas
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
County-level range
· 15 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 15 counties across 1 state.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DROCA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5364144 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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