| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyrola media Sw. |
| Bibliography | Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 25: 257 (1804) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Eurasia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 500-2600m |
| Description | stoloniferous, leaves orbiculate-ovate, dully green, flowers in raceme on thin scape, semipendent, pentamerous, spherical-calyculate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| 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 | Amelia media (Sw.) Alef. Braxilia media (Sw.) Raf. Pyrola convallariifolia Genty Pyrola minor ssp. media (Sw.) Bonnier & Layens Thelaia media (Sw.) Alef. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (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, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |