| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Orthilia secunda (L.) House |
| Synonyms | Pyrola secunda L. |
| Pyrola alpestris Gand. | |
| Pyrola hybrida Vill. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-3200m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, alternate or verticillate, ovate to orbiculate, coriaceous, subentire, glabrous, flowers in secund raceme, sepals ovate, petals 5 |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | greenish 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 , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , 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. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey ) China (Tibet ) Eastern Asia (Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , 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. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Delaware , Maryland , Virginia ) Mexico (Mexico Central , Mexico Northeast , Mexico Gulf , Mexico Northwest , Mexico Southwest , Mexico Southeast ) Southern America Central America (Guatemala) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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