Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola grandiflora Radius |
Bibliography | Pyrola & Chimaphila: 27 (1821) |
Native Range | Subarctic to Canada |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves long petiolate, coriaceous, suborbiculate, entire, adaxially shiny green, flowers broadly campanulate, 15-20mm across, in raceme, petals thick |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pink, red, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer |
Synonyms | Pyrola 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. |
Territory | 1 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) |