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Pyrola asarifolia
Also called Bog wintergreen, Swamp wintergreen, Pink-flowered wintergreen, Pink Wintergreen, Large Wintergreen, Liver Leaf Wintergreen, Liver Leaved Wintergreen
Liverleaf wintergreen is a small evergreen woodland perennial with rounded leaves that stay green through winter, topped by a short spike of pink flowers. It grows best in cool, shady, moist conditions.
Pyrola asarifolia, commonly known as liverleaf wintergreen, bog wintergreen, alpine wintergreen, pink wintergreen, or pink shinleaf, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola native to North America. It is found in Canada and northern US, primarily in cool, moist environments. It is so named simply because its leaves maintain their green color through winter. It has uses in traditional medicine.
Its dust-like seeds are hard to germinate, but may also be propagated through leaves and rhizomes. It survives best in full shade; in soil that is neutral, wet but well-drained, and nutrient-rich; and in a variety of habitats. It is an evergreen, glabrous, creeping perennial. When a fire occurs, its ability to survive varies depending on the fire site: it may depend on whether heat from the fire enters the soil deep enough to kill the rhizomes.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrola asarifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
