Dryas integrifolia Vahl

Entireleaf mountain-avens (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Dryas

Characteristics

Plants 3–14 cm. Leaf blades linear to narrowly ovate or oblong to oval, 2–38 × 0.5–11 mm, base cordate to truncate or cuneate to rounded, margins usually entire or dentate to crenate, sometimes serrate in proximal 1/2, sinuses 5–15(–20)% to midvein, apex usually obtuse or acute, sometimes acuminate, surfaces usually smooth, sometimes rugulose, abaxial slightly hairy to tomentose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy proximally on midvein, feathery hairs and stipitate glands absent. Peduncles 10–150 mm. Flowers erect at flowering; sepals linear-lanceolate, 3.5–9 × 1.5–2.5 mm; petals 8(–9), spreading, usually white or cream, sometimes yellow, 9–14 × 5–11 mm; filaments glabrous. Achenes 0.8–3.5 mm; styles 8–29 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.12
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.1
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer frankia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-7

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 50 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 13
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Dryas integrifolia world distribution map, present in Canada, Greenland, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:724667-1
WFO ID wfo-0001012682
COL ID 37TXN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dryas integrifolia Dryas integrifolia f. integrifolia Dryas integrifolia subsp. integrifolia Dryas integrifolia var. canescens Dryas octopetala var. integrifolia Dryas integrifolia var. integrifolia

Lower taxons

Dryas integrifolia var. sylvatica Dryas integrifolia subsp. chamissonis Dryas integrifolia subsp. crenulata Dryas integrifolia subsp. sylvatica