Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia

Common names: Bog wintergreen
Synonyms: Pyrola asarifolia var. purpurea (Bunge) Fernald Pyrola californica Torrey & A. Gray Pyrola uliginosa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 381. Mentioned on page 379, 380.

Leaf blades round, ovate, elliptic, or reniform, margins entire or crenulate. Proximal inflorescence bracts usually as long as or longer than subtended pedicels, sometimes shorter than subtended pedicels. Flowers: calyx lobes 1.4–3.5(–4.3) mm, apices acute to acuminate; anthers (1.7–)2–3.4 mm. 2n = 46.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Dry to moist forests, bogs
Elevation: 0-3200 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., e Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Craig C. Freeman +
Michaux +
Bog wintergreen +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and e Asia. +
0-3200 m +
Dry to moist forests, bogs +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Pyrola asarifolia var. purpurea +, Pyrola californica +  and Pyrola uliginosa +
Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia +
Pyrola asarifolia +
subspecies +