| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Orthilia secunda (L.) House |
| Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 134 (1921) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Guatemala |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-3200m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, alternate or verticillate, ovate to orbiculate, coriaceous, subentire, glabrous, flowers in secund raceme, sepals ovate, petals 5 |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| 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 | Actinocyclus secundus (L.) Klotzsch Actinocyclus secundus var. elatior Lange Orthilia dentata Raf. Orthilia elatior (Lange) House Orthilia obtusata (Turcz.) H.Hara Orthilia obtusata var. xizangensis Y.L.Chou Orthilia parvifolia Raf. Orthilia procumbens Raf. Orthilia secunda var. elatior (Lange) H.Hara Orthilia secunda var. nummularia (Rupr. ex Kom.) H.Hara Orthilia secunda ssp. obtusata (Turcz.) Böcher Orthilia secunda var. obtusata (Turcz.) House Pyrola alpestris Gand. Pyrola atrovirens Gand. Pyrola elatior (Lange) Lundell Pyrola hybrida Vill. Pyrola longifolia Gand. Pyrola nummularia Rupr. ex Kom. Pyrola obtusata (Turcz.) Kom. Pyrola secunda L. Pyrola secunda f. eucycla Fernald Pyrola secunda var. obtusata Turcz. Pyrola secunda ssp. obtusata (Turcz.) Hultén Pyrola secunda var. pumila Paine Ramischia elatior (Lange) Rydb. Ramischia obtusata (Turcz.) Freyn Ramischia obtusata var. borealis Andres Ramischia secunda (L.) Garcke Ramischia secunda f. angustata Andres Ramischia secunda var. dispersiflora Andres Ramischia secunda var. elatior (Lange) Andres Ramischia secunda var. pumila Andres Ramischia secunda f. serrata Andres Ramischia secundiflora Opiz |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, 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, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, 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. (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) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, 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) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |