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: 0.2–0.5 ft
Spacing: 1–3 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry, moist
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: June, July, August
Bloom colors: white, yellow
Wildlife value: pollinators
Landscape uses: foundation, container
Native states: AK, CO, ID, MT, UT, WA, WY