Dryas octopetala
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Dryas octopetala is a small, evergreen alpine and arctic shrub with distinctive white, eight-petaled flowers, commonly known as mountain avens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dryas octopetala canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4837489 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dryas octopetala Context triple: [Clan MacNeil, plantBadge, Dryas octopetala]
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A.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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B.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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D.
Limonium
Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
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E.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dryas octopetala Target entity description: Dryas octopetala is a small, evergreen alpine and arctic shrub with distinctive white, eight-petaled flowers, commonly known as mountain avens.
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A.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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B.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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D.
Limonium
Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
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E.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine plant
ⓘ
arctic plant ⓘ evergreen shrub ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| binomialName | Dryas octopetala ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| climatePreference | cold climates ⓘ |
| commonName |
eight-petaled mountain-avens
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mountain avens ⓘ white dryas ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
pioneer species
ⓘ
soil stabilizer ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
late spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| fruitType | achene ⓘ |
| genus | Dryas ⓘ |
| growthForm |
low-growing shrub
ⓘ
mat-forming plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
alpine tundra
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arctic tundra ⓘ calcareous soils ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| lightPreference | full sun ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alps
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Arctic regions ⓘ Carpathians ⓘ
linked to:
Carpathian Mountains
Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ alpine regions of Europe ⓘ alpine regions of North America ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| petalCount | eight ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| rootSymbiosis | nitrogen-fixing bacteria ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
alkaline soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Iceland
ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ground cover
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dryas octopetala Description of subject: Dryas octopetala is a small, evergreen alpine and arctic shrub with distinctive white, eight-petaled flowers, commonly known as mountain avens.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.