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Pyrola grandiflora Radius  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesPyrola grandiflora Radius 
BibliographyPyrola & Chimaphila: 27 (1821)
Native RangeSubarctic to Canada
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves long petiolate, coriaceous, suborbiculate, entire, adaxially shiny green, flowers broadly campanulate, 15-20mm across, in raceme, petals thick
Size5-20cm
Colorpink, red, white
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer
SynonymsPyrola borealis Rydb.
Pyrola canadensis Andres
Pyrola gormanii Rydb.
Pyrola grandiflora var. canadensis (Andres) A.E.Porsild
Pyrola grandiflora var. gormanii (Rydb.) A.E.Porsild
Pyrola occidentalis R.Br. ex D.Don
Pyrola rotundifolia var. grandiflora (Radius) Fernald ex A.P.Khokhr.
Pyrola rotundifolia ssp. grandiflora (Radius) V.G.Sergienko
Thelaia grandiflora (Radius) Alef.
Thelaia occidentalis (R.Br. ex D.Don) Alef.
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
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, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
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