Pyrola minor

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Pyrola minor
Pyrola minor LC0230.jpg
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:
P. minor
Binomial name
Pyrola minor
L.

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

The fruit of pyrola minor Pyrola minor 01.jpg
The fruit of pyrola minor

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]

Related Research Articles

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<i>Erythronium americanum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Scrophularia lanceolata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trautvetteria caroliniensis</i> Species of flowering plants

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<i>Allium fibrillum</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. NatureServe (2024). "Pyrola minor". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pyrola minor". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. 1 2 "Pyrola minor (little shinleaf): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pyrola minor - Burke Herbarium Image Collection". burkeherbarium.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Piirainen, Mikko; Piirainen, Pirkko; Vainio, Hannele (1999). Kotimaan luonnonkasvit[Native wild plants] (in Finnish). Porvoo: WSOY. p. 190. ISBN   951-0-23001-4.