Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola grandiflora Radius |
Synonyms | Pyrola borealis Rydb. |
Pyrola canadensis Andres | |
Pyrola gormanii Rydb. | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
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 | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Iceland ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Ontario , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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