| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyrola americana G.Don |
| Bibliography | Hort. Brit. [J.C.Loudon]: 341 (1830) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-2100m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, coriaceous, abaxially decurrent, crenate, obtuse or retuse, flowers 5-20, sepals ovate, petals orbiculate, 6-10mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 | Pyrola asarifolia var. americana (G.Don) Křísa Pyrola heterophylla Raf. Pyrola obovata Bertol. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, 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) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |