UNBC & Aleza Lake Research Forest
Plant Systems Database


Dryas drummondii    ( Yellow Mountain-avens )

Family: ROSACEAE


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Species: Dryas drummondii (Richards. ex Hook.)

Depiction: Low woody shrub with bright yellow drooping flowers; often forming large colonies. Found along rivers and streams, scree slopes and gravel roadsides at low to alpine elevation.

photo Location: Golden, B.C

Photograph Date: June 19th, 2006

Photographer: Allan Carson


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>Dryas drummondii general description<

Dryas drummondii spring image-achenes

Dryas drummondii spring image-flower