| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyrola elliptica Nutt. |
| Bibliography | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 273 (1818) |
| Native Range | Canada to USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1700m |
| Description | leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate, obtuse, finely dentate, 2-8cm long, flowers 3-20, campanulate, 12-16mm across, in raceme |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | creamy |
| Bloom | 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 compacta Jenn. Pyrola hybrida Raf. Pyrola maximovicziana Makino Pyrola reticulata Raf. ex DC. Thelaia elliptica (Nutt.) Alef |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, 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) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, VRG Virginia) |