Biology:Pyrola asarifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Pyrola asarifolia
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Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:
P. asarifolia
Binomial name
Pyrola asarifolia
Michx.
Subspecies

P. asarifolia subsp. asarifolia
P. asarifolia subsp. bracteata

Pyrola asarifolia, commonly known as liverleaf wintergreen,[1] bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola native to western North America. It is found primarily on forest margins at mid latitude in the Pacific Northwest and northern California . It is so named simply because its leaves maintain their green color through winter.

Cultivation

Its dust-like seeds are hard to germinate.[2]

References

  1. "Pyrola asarifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PYAS. Retrieved 16 October 2015. 
  2. Kruckeberg, Arthur R. (1996). Gardening with native plants of the pacific northwest (2nd ed.). University of Washington Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0295744155. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5229689 entry