Pyrola media

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Species of flowering plant

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::summary Species of flowering plant ::

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Pyrola media, the intermediate wintergreen, is a flowering plant in the genus Pyrola, native to northern and eastern Europe and Western Asia.

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, 7–11 mm diameter, with a straight style extending beyond the petals.

The species is rare and declining in the British Isles.

References

References

  1. {{BSBI 2007
  2. ''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'']
  3. {{GRIN
  4. Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. {{ISBN. 0-340-40170-2
  5. link. (2011-07-17)
  6. Huxley, A, ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. {{ISBN. 0-333-47494-5

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