Yellow Mountain-avens (Dryas drummondii)

Yellow Mountain-avens, a reference photo — Photo: Jason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Dryas drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names yellow mountain-avens, yellow dryas, or yellow dryad. It is native to Alaska, Canada, and the Northern United States.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Yellow Mountain-avens being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dryas ajanensis
Dryas oxyodonta
Dryas caucasica
Dryas hookeriana
Dryas alaskensis

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Dryas
Species: Dryas drummondii

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