Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola dentata Sm. |
Bibliography | Cycl. [A.Rees] 29: n.° 6 (1814) |
Native Range | British Columbia to Baja California Norte |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 50-2900m |
Description | leaves glaucous, petiolate, 2-9cm, orbiculate to oblanceolate, entire to serrate, inflorescence 8-27cm, flowers 1-20, open, sepals deltate, petals 4-8mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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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 dentata var. apophylla H.F.Copel. Pyrola dentata var. integra A.Gray Pyrola flexuosa Raf. Pyrola pallida Greene Pyrola picta var. dentata (Sm.) Dorn Pyrola picta ssp. dentata (Sm.) Piper Pyrola picta ssp. integra (A.Gray) Piper Pyrola picta var. pallida (Greene) Parish Pyrola picta ssp. pallida (Greene) Andres |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |