| Dryas octopetala subsp. alaskensis (Pors.) Hult. | |||
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| Family | Rosaceae — APG family: Rosaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Dryas alaskensis Pors. | ||
| Description | Similar to subsp. octopetala, but with large leaves, broadest toward apex, strongly ribbed, with several deeply incised teeth, often not densely tomentose beneath but nearly glabrous (f. glabrata Hult.); midvein of underside of leaf with stalked, capi- tate glands, lacking scales. | ||
| Ecology | Snow beds. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | (See color section). |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.