Description: One of the relictual species of the early post-glacial tundra vegetation which occurred in Ireland after the ice sheets retreated some 12,000 years ago. Now confined in Northern Ireland to a very small number of high altitude sites on rocky outcrops although its best known area of occurrence in Ireland as a whole is probably the Burren of Co Clare.

All names: Dryas octopetala L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Dryas octopetala at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Dryas octopetala at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.