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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesPyrola chlorantha Sw. 
BibliographyKongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 31: 190 (1810)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude0-3700m
Descriptionleaves long petiolate, oblong-ovate to orbiculate, crenate, 5-30mm long, adaxially pale green, flowers 8-12mm across, broadly campanulate, in raceme
Size10-25cm
Coloryellowish green
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
SynonymsPyrola chlorantha f. paucifolia (Fernald) Camp
Pyrola chlorantha var. paucifolia Fernald
Pyrola chlorantha var. revoluta Jenn.
Pyrola convoluta W.P.C.Barton
Pyrola oxypetala Austin ex A.Gray
Pyrola solunica S.D.Zhao
Pyrola virens Schweigg. & Koerte
Thelaia chlorantha (Sw.) Alef.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, 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)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (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, 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. (MIN Minnesota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, VRG Virginia)
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