Arctic Avens

Information on Tundra & Permafrost

Insects are very important for pollinating flowers in the arctic, Arctic Avens. Svalbard.

Entire leafed Arctic Avens, Dryas integrifolia. The flowers follow the sun. Greenland. 1980

Dew on an Arctic Avens. Svalbard in summer.

A combination of Scree tundra and Arctic Avens communities at Faksevagen, Lomfjorden. Spitsbergen

Arctic Avens on the summer tundra at Faksevagen. Spitsbergen

Arctic Avens on the summer tundra at Faksevagen. Spitsbergen

Visitor to Worsleyhamna, Yvonne, photographs the Avens. Spitsbergen.

Tundra flowers (Mountain avens and vetch) near the base of Mt. Pelly, Victoria Island, Nunavut

Mountain avens (Dryas integrifolia), Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Mountain avens (Dryas integrifolia), Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Mountain avens (Dryas integrefolia) and oxytropis (Oxytropis arctobia) on the dry tundra of southern Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Arctic Avens, the flowers are like parabolic reflectors and follow the sun around the sky. Svalbard

Entire leafed Arctic Avens, Dryas integrifolia. The flowers follow the sun. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Moss campion, Silene acaulis & Arctic Avens, Dryas Octopetala. Naucan. Siberia. 1997