Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola alpina Andres. |
Bibliography | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 22: 19 (1910) |
Native Range | s. Kuril Islands to n. & c. Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves 4-8, approximate, dark green, elliptic, obscurely dentate, mucronate, abaxially rounded, petiolate, flowers 12-15 mm across, bracts broadly linear, acuminate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is.) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |