Biology:Pyrola minor
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrola |
| Species: | P. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrola minor | |
Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen,[1] 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.[2] It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America.[3] It grows in moist areas.[4] Flowers bloom June to August.[4] The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.[5]
Description
It is a sclerophyll, with leaves that appear in rosettes.[5] The blades are 2-5 cm wide[5] and simple and basal in arrangement.[3] 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.[5] Flowers have five petals that are pale pink to rose in color.[4] The fruit of the flower are nodding 5-segmented capsules; the style of the gynoecia are preserved at the tip of the capsule.[5]
References
- ↑ "Pyrola minor". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PYMI. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pymi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pyrola minor (little shinleaf): Go Botany". https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/pyrola/minor/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Pyrola minor - Burke Herbarium Image Collection". https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Pyrola%20minor.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Piirainen, Mikko; Piirainen, Pirkko; Vainio, Hannele (1999) (in fi). Kotimaan luonnonkasvit. Porvoo: WSOY. pp. 190. ISBN 951-0-23001-4.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q950247 entry
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