| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyrola rotundifolia L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 396 (1753) |
| Native Range | Temperate Eurasia to n. Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves orbiculate to ovate, thick, coriaceous, finely dentate, 2-6cm long, bracts on scape conspicuous, brown, flowers fragrant, 8-12mm across, style 5mm long |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | pinkish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Pyrola declinata Moench Pyrola groenlandica Hornem. Pyrola magna Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Pyrola major Lam. Pyrola monophyla Raf. Pyrola ovalifolia Schur Pyrola pumila Hornem. ex Cham. & Schltd. Pyrola rotundifolia var. chloranthoides P.Fourn. Pyrola rotundifolia f. pallida H.Kindb. Pyrola rotundifolia var. pumila Hornem. Pyrola rotundifolia f. rubella C.G.Westerl. Pyrola rotundifolia var. serotina (Melicocq) Corb. Pyrola serotina Melicocq Pyrola tianschanica Poljakov Thelaia arenaria Alef. Thelaia asarifolia Alef. Thelaia bracteosa Alef. Thelaia intermedia Alef. Thelaia rotundifolia (L.) Alef. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam) |