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Pyrola asarifolia Michx.  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesPyrola asarifolia Michx. 
BibliographyFl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 251 (1803)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Asia, Subarctic & Temperate N. America
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude0-3200m
Descriptionleaves orbiculate to cordate, 20-65mm long, shiny green, denticulate, scape with achromatic scales, flowers 4-20, broadly campanulate, 10-14mm across
Size15-40cm
Colorpink, purple
Bloomspring
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
SynonymsPyrola asarifolia ssp. incarnata (DC.) Haber & Hideki Takash.
Pyrola asarifolia var. incarnata DC.
Pyrola asarifolia var. ovata Farw.
Pyrola asarifolia var. purpurea (Bunge) Fernald
Pyrola asarifolia var. uliginosa (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
Pyrola californica Křísa
Pyrola cordata Andres
Pyrola elata Nutt.
Pyrola incarnata (DC.) Fisch. ex Kom.
Pyrola incarnata var. ovatifolia Y.Z.Zhao
Pyrola noveboracensis Colden ex Torr.
Pyrola rotundifolia var. asarifolia (Michx.) Hook.
Pyrola rotundifolia f. incarnata (DC.) Regel
Pyrola rotundifolia var. icarnata DC.
Pyrola rotundifolia ssp. indica Andres
Pyrola rotundifolia var. purpurea Bunge
Pyrola rotundifolia var. uliginosa (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
Pyrola sikkimensis Křísa
Pyrola speciosa Nasarow
Pyrola tokugoensis Nakai
Pyrola uliginosa Torr. & A.Gray
Pyrola uliginosa var. gracilis Jenn.
Territory3 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 (KAM Kamchatka)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, 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, 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. (IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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