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Té del Pirineo. Mountain avens

Dryas octopetala

Photo by Isabela
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Description:

White flowers with golden stamens, usually 8-petalled. Oblong, sticky-haired sepals. Leathery dark green leaves are oblong, lobed and white-woolly beneath. Low carpeting growth habit. Height: To 8cm.

Habitat:

Mountain ledges, crevasses, calcareous grassland, limestone pavements. Mainly found Co. Clare and Galway, also NW and NE Ireland.

Notes:

The Burren

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Dryas octopetala

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