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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesPyrola minor L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 396 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude0-3700m
Descriptionleaves petiolate, dark green, oblong-elliptic to orbiculate, coriaceous, crenate, obtuse, flowers 3-11, sepals entire, petals obovate, 3-5mm long
Size10-20cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer
SynonymsAmelia minor (L.) Alef.
Braxilia minor (L.) House
Braxilia parvifolia Raf.
Erxlebenia minor (L.) Rydb.
Erxlebenia rosea Opiz
Pyrola conferta Fisch. ex Ledeb.
Pyrola intermedia Schleich. ex Arcang.
Pyrola minor f. brevis Lange
Pyrola minor var. conferta Cham. & Schltdl.
Pyrola montana Bubani
Pyrola rosea Sm.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, 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)
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey)
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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