Pyrola media

Taxobox
name = "Pyrola media"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
subfamilia = "Monotropoideae"
genus = "Pyrola"
species = "P. media"
binomial = "Pyrola media"
binomial_authority = Sw.

"Pyrola media" (Intermediate Wintergreen) is a flowering plant in the genus "Pyrola", native to northern and eastern Europe and western Asia."Flora Europaea": [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Pyrola&SPECIES_XREF=media&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= "Pyrola media"] ] Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30423 "Pyrola media"] ]

It is a herbaceous evergreen perennial plant with a basal rosette of leaves and a single erect flowering stem 15-30 cm tall. The leaves are round, up to 4.5 cm diameter. The flowers are white or pale pink, 7-11mm diameter, with a straight style extending beyond the petals.Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). "Flora of Britain and Northern Europe". ISBN 0-340-40170-2] Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2456 "Pyrola media"] ] Huxley, A, ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". ISBN 0-333-47494-5]

The species is rare and declining in the British Isles.

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