Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dryas octopetala L. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dryade à huit pétales	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eight-petal mountain-avens	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eightpetal mountain-avens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fjällsippa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mountain avens	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mountain dryas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
weiße silberwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white dryad	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white dryas	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white mountain-avens	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 58 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dryadaea octopetala (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 215 (1891).
Dryas alpina Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 363 (1796), nom. illeg.
Dryas babingtoniana A.E.Porsild Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 160: 140 (1959).
Dryas camschatica Juz. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 323 (1929).
Dryas camschatica f. albicans (Kom.) Kom. ex Juz. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 323 (1929).
Dryas caucasica Juz. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 316 (1929).
Dryas chamaedrifolia (Crantz) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 578 (1821 publ. 1822).
Dryas chamaedryoides Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3(2 Anh.): 733 (1776).
Dryas crenata Raf. Autik. Bot.: 170 (1840).
Dryas dasypetala Juz. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 315 (1929).
Dryas depressa (Bab.) Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 88 (1843).
Dryas eriopoda Gand. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 66: 35 (1883).
Dryas henricae Juz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 616 (1941).
Dryas lanata Stein ex Correvon Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 9: 340 (1891).
Dryas lepida Gand. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 66: 35 (1883).
Dryas montana Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 633 (1899), nom. illeg.
Dryas nivea F.Kern. ex Correvon Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 9: 340 (1891).
Dryas octopetala f. albicans Kom. Fl. Kamtschatka 2: 261 (1929).
Dryas octopetala var. angustifolia C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 104 (1961).
Dryas octopetala var. argentea A.Blytt Norges Fl. 3: 1176 (1876).
Dryas octopetala f. argentea (Blytt) Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 528 (1959).
Dryas octopetala var. camschatica (Juz.) Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 530 (1959).
Dryas octopetala var. caucasica Bornm. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 136: 27 (1926).
Dryas octopetala subsp. caucasica (Juz.) Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1050 (1946).
Dryas octopetala subsp. chamaedrifolia (Crantz) Gams in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 924 (1923).
Dryas octopetala var. collina Em.Schmid Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 73(Beibl. 15): 424 (1928).
Dryas octopetala var. dasypetala (Juz.) Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 531 (1959).
Dryas octopetala subsp. dasypetala (Juz.) Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1050 (1946).
Dryas octopetala var. depressa Bab. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 183 (1842).
Dryas octopetala genuina Regel & Tiling Fl. Ajan.: 82 (1859), not validly publ.
Dryas octopetala f. hirsuta Hartz Meddel. Grønland 18(5): 319 (1896).
Dryas octopetala f. lanata (Stein ex Correvon) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 526 (1905).
Dryas octopetala var. longifolia (Regel & Tiling) Regel & Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 49 (1877).
Dryas octopetala longifolia Regel & Tiling Fl. Ajan.: 82 (1858).
Dryas octopetala var. luteola Hultén Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 75 (1967 publ. 1968).
Dryas octopetala var. minor Hook. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 387 (1825).
Dryas octopetala var. pilosa Bab. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 183 (1842).
Dryas octopetala subsp. punctata (Juz.) Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1047 (1946).
Dryas octopetala subsp. subincisa Jurtzev Fl. Arct. URSS 9(1): 322 (1984).
Dryas octopetala var. typica Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 763 (1892), not validly publ.
Dryas octopetala f. typica Derganc Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 10: 111 (1904), nom. nud.
Dryas octopetala f. typica (Beck) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 673 (1956), not validly publ.
Dryas octopetala var. vestita Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 763 (1892).
Dryas octopetala f. vestita (Beck) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 673 (1956).
Dryas octopetala var. viscida Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 528 (1959).
Dryas octopetala subsp. viscida (Hultén) Kozhevn. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 67: 1369 (1982).
Dryas pentaphyllaea Hill Veg. Syst. 16: 30 (1770).
Dryas punctata Juz. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 320 (1929).
Dryas punctata var. cinerea Jurtzev Fl. Arct. URSS 9(1): 322 (1984).
Dryas punctata var. henricae (Juz.) A.E.Porsild Canad. Field-Naturalist 61: 186 (1948).
Dryas punctata var. kamtschatica (Juz.) Kozhevn. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 64: 487 (1979).
Dryas punctata f. nuda Popov Konspekt Fl. Pober. Baĭkal: 212 (1966).
Dryas subincisa (Jurtzev) Tzvelev Fl. Vostochnoĭ Evropy 10: 459 (2001).
Dryas subincisa var. minor (Hook.) Tzvelev Fl. Vostochnoĭ Evropy 10: 460 (2001).
Dryas vagans Juz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 617 (1941).
Geum chamaedrifolium Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 7 (1763).
Geum octopetalum (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 8: 129 (1904).
Ptilotum octopetalum (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 313 (1867).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dryas octopetala L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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