- Pyrola asarifolia
Taxobox
name = "Pyrola asarifolia"
image_caption = "P. a." subsp. "bracteata"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ericales
familia =Ericaceae
subfamilia = "Monotropoideae"
genus = "Pyrola "
species = "P. asarifolia"
binomial = "Pyrola asarifolia"
binomial_authority =Michx.
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision = "P. asarifolia" subsp. "asarifolia" "P. asarifolia" subsp. "bracteata""Pyrola asarifolia", commonly known as Bog Wintergreen, Liverleaf Wintergreen or Pink Wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus "
Pyrola " native to westernNorth America .It is so named simply because its leaves maintain their green color through winter. The flower stalk stands 10-20 cm high, and holds about a dozen drooping pinkish bell-shaped flowers. The leaves themselves cluster around the base, and are round and smooth green.
It is found primarily on forest margins at mid latitude in the
Pacific Northwest . Cultivation is extremely difficult if not impossible due to sensitive mycorhizzal associations. However, this plant is used as anornamental plant .References
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