| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyrola rotundifolia L. |
| Synonyms | Pyrola declinata Moench |
| Pyrola groenlandica Hornem. | |
| Pyrola major Lam. | |
| 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 | 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 |
Europe
Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , 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 (Afghanistan , Iran , Turkey ) China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Myanmar , Vietnam) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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