Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola bracteata Hook. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 47 (1834) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, acute, entire or crenate, coriaceous, nitid, scape squamose, flowers in raceme, bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than flowers |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
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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 asarifolia ssp. bracteata (Hook.) Haber Pyrola asarifolia var. bracteata (Hook.) Jeps. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |