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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesMoneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray 
BibliographyManual: 273 (1848)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionstoloniferous, leaves obovate to orbiculate, thickish, crenate, bright yellow-green, flowers solitary, pendent, pentamerous, fragrant
Size5-10cm
Colorwhite
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
SynonymsBryothalmum uniflorum (L.) E.Mey.
Chimaphila rhombifolia Hayata
Chimaphila uniflora (L.) Fr.
Monanthium reticulatum (Nutt.) House
Monanthium uniflorum (L.) House
Moneses brevicaulis Schur
Moneses grandiflora S.F.Gray
Moneses reticulata Nutt.
Moneses rhombifolia (Hayata) Andres
Moneses uniflora ssp. reticulata (Nutt.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
Moneses uniflora var. reticulata (Nutt.) S.F.Blake
Moneses verticillata Schur
Odontisma acutiflora Raf.
Odontisma caulina Raf.
Odontisma grandiflora (Gray) Raf.
Odontisma obovata (Raf.) Raf.
Odontisma orbiculata Raf.
Pyrola halleri Steud.
Pyrola obovata Raf.
Pyrola uniflora L.
Pyrola uniflora var. reticulata (Nutt.) H.St.John
Pyrola verticillata (Schur) Schur
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, 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, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, 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., 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 (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, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, RHO Rhode I., 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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