Pyrola minor
| Pyrola minor | |
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| File:Pyrola minor LC0230.jpg | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrola |
| Species: | P. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrola minor | |
Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen,[2] lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) tall.[3] It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America.[4] It grows in moist areas.[5] Flowers bloom June to August.[5] The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.[6]
Description
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It is a sclerophyll, with leaves that appear in rosettes.[6] The blades are 2-5 cm wide[6] and simple and basal in arrangement.[4] They are quite thin, broadly elliptic with a round or abruptly tapering tip. The leaf-stalk is usually shorter than the blade. The spherical flowers are nodding, 5-7 mm wide. The sepals are triangular. Gynoecia are inside the flower, with a short style.[6] Flowers have five petals that are pale pink to rose in color.[5] The fruit of the flower are nodding 5-segmented capsules; the style of the gynoecia are preserved at the tip of the capsule.[6]
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- Pyrola
- Flora of temperate Asia
- Flora of Europe
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- San Bernardino Mountains
- Flora of the Alps
- Plants described in 1753
- Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Ericaceae stubs