Pyrola media

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

Pyrola media
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:
P. media
Binomial name
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, 7–11 mm diameter, with a straight style extending beyond the petals.

The species is rare and declining in the British Isles.

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