Mountain Avens
Dryas octopetala
Mountain avens is a mat-forming alpine evergreen subshrub with crinkled leaves, eight-petaled creamy flowers, and feathery silver seedheads. A nitrogen-fixing classic for limestone rock gardens.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY