Pyrola media

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Pyrola media
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Monotropoideae
Genus: Pyrola
Species: P. media
Binomial name
Pyrola media
Sw.

Pyrola media (Intermediate Wintergreen) is a flowering plant in the genus Pyrola, native to northern and eastern Europe and Western Asia.[1][2]

It is a herbaceous evergreen perennial plant with a basal rosette of leaves and a single erect flowering stem 15-30 cm tall. The leaves are round, up to 4.5 cm diameter. The flowers are white or pale pink, 7-11 mm diameter, with a straight style extending beyond the petals.[3][4][5]

The species is rare and declining in the British Isles.[3]

References

  1. Flora Europaea: Pyrola media
  2. Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pyrola media
  3. 3.0 3.1 Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
  4. Flora of NW Europe: Pyrola media
  5. Huxley, A, ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. ISBN 0-333-47494-5
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