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Pyrola minor
Also called Common wintergreen, Lesser Wintergreen, Lesser Pyrola, Little Shinleaf
Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen, 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. It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. It grows in moist areas. Flowers bloom June to August. The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.
American wintergreen · Liverleaf wintergreen · Greenflowered wintergreen · Cryptic Pyrola · Tooth Leaved Wintergreen · Waxflower shinleaf · Largeflowered wintergreen · Intermediate Wintergreen · Whiteveined wintergreen · Round-leaved wintergreen · Pyrola rugosa · Wintergreen
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrola minor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
