In “Flora Lapponica,” a later work in which he synthesizes his plant discoveries in Lapland, Linnaeus describes how he named one of the alpine plants Dryas octopetala. A Botanist in Swedish Lapland 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z
The 1300-year big chill is known as the Younger Dryas, so called because of the sudden worldwide appearance of the cold-weather flowering plant Dryas octopetala. What Caused a 1300-Year Deep Freeze? 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z