Pyrola grandiflora

Pyrola grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:
P. grandiflora
Binomial name
Pyrola grandiflora
Range of P. grandiflora in North America
Pyrola grandiflora growing in arctic tundra, with white heather, Cassiope tetragona growing behind it. Baffin Island, 2011

Pyrola grandiflora (pronunciation (US), commonly known as Arctic wintergreen or largeflowered wintergreen,[1] is a hardy perennial evergreen subshrub in the family Ericaceae.[2] It is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere from temperate to tundra-like climates.

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Pyrola grandiflora​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ^ S.G. Aiken; M.J. Dallwitz; L.L. Consaul; C.L. McJannet; L.J. Gillespie; R.L. Boles; G.W. Argus; J.M. Gillett; P.J. Scott; R. Elven; M.C. LeBlanc; A.K. Brysting; H. Solstad (29 April 2003). "Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval". Retrieved 27 April 2012.