Pyrola minor | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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]
Pyrola minor | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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]