| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Moneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray |
| Synonyms | Pyrola uniflora L. |
| Moneses brevicaulis Schur | |
| Monesen reticulata Nutt. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | stoloniferous, leaves obovate to orbiculate, thickish, crenate, bright yellow-green, flowers solitary, pendent, pentamerous, fragrant |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey ) Eastern Asia (Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Ohio , Rhode I. , Vermont ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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