Round-leafed Pyrola Pyrola rotundifolia
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- py-ROH-luh ro-tun-dih-FOH-lee-ah
- Description
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Round-leaf Wintergreen is a wildflower in the heather family that is native to Europe, Asia and Russia. It grows about a foot tall and blooms May through Aug. with bell-shaped racemes of white flowers. It is native to alkaline wet sites of bogs, fens and woods.
Difficult to find in this country although seeds are available.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Pyrola
- Species:
- rotundifolia
- Family:
- Ericaceae
- Uses (Ethnobotany):
- Leaves are used medicinally
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe, Asia-Tropical and Asia-Temperate, Russia
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Wildflower
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Erect
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Cultural Conditions:
- Soil pH:
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Moist
- Occasionally Wet
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Bell
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- Small, nodding whitish flowers with five petals in racemes in May-Aug.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leathery
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Crenate
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Leathery, shiny rounded ovate leaves with petioles often as long as the leaves in a basal rosette. Margins entire or crenate.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Red/Burgundy
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- Green to reddish-green smoothe stems
