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common wintergreen
Sign in to saveAlso known as snowline wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor
species of plant
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Within Vinony's link graph, common wintergreen is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to plant, Carl Linnaeus and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Flora of California and Flora of Canada.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Pyrola minor
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- Pyrola minor
- taxon common name
- drobnocvetna zelenka
- has fruit type
- capsule
- short name
- P. minor
- taxon range
- Northern Hemisphere
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Encyclopedic overview
Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) tall. It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. It grows in moist areas. Flowers bloom June to August. The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “common wintergreen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.