Pyrola minor

Pyrola minor
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Pyrola
Species:	P. minor
Binomial name
	Pyrola minor; L.

Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen,^[2] lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) tall.^[3] It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America.^[4] It grows in moist areas.^[5] Flowers bloom June to August.^[5] The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.^[6]

Description

It is a sclerophyll, with leaves that appear in rosettes.^[6] The blades are 2-5 cm wide^[6] and simple and basal in arrangement.^[4] They are quite thin, broadly elliptic with a round or abruptly tapering tip. The leaf-stalk is usually shorter than the blade. The spherical flowers are nodding, 5-7 mm wide. The sepals are triangular. Gynoecia are inside the flower, with a short style.^[6] Flowers have five petals that are pale pink to rose in color.^[5] The fruit of the flower are nodding 5-segmented capsules; the style of the gynoecia are preserved at the tip of the capsule.^[6]

References

^ NatureServe (2024). "Pyrola minor". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pyrola minor". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ ^a ^b "Pyrola minor (little shinleaf): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pyrola minor - Burke Herbarium Image Collection". burkeherbarium.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Piirainen, Mikko; Piirainen, Pirkko; Vainio, Hannele (1999). Kotimaan luonnonkasvit [Native wild plants] (in Finnish). Porvoo: WSOY. p. 190. ISBN 951-0-23001-4.

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[NatureServe-1] NatureServe (2024). "Pyrola minor". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pyrola minor". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

[3] "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[Go_Botany-4] "Pyrola minor (little shinleaf): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[Burke_Herbarium-5] "Pyrola minor - Burke Herbarium Image Collection". burkeherbarium.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[Kotimaan_luonnonkasvit-6] Piirainen, Mikko; Piirainen, Pirkko; Vainio, Hannele (1999). Kotimaan luonnonkasvit [Native wild plants] (in Finnish). Porvoo: WSOY. p. 190. ISBN 951-0-23001-4.

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