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Round-Leaved Wintergreen

Round-Leaved Wintergreen

Pyrola rotundifolia

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How common: Common

Round-Leaved Wintergreen is a small, evergreen woodland plant with round, glossy leaves and nodding white, bell-like flowers. You can spot it in moist, nutrient‑rich forests and wetlands across northern Eurasia.

Did you know?

  • Its leaves stay green through winter.
  • It lives in partnership with soil fungi to get nutrients.

About the species

Identification

A small perennial with a basal rosette of thick, smooth, round to round‑oval leaves (about 2–5 cm). The leaf stalk is longer than the leaf. A leafless flower stem, roughly 10–30 cm tall, carries an upright cluster of several nodding, white, bell‑shaped flowers. In each flower a curved, reddish tip stands out in the center. The seed cases hang when ripe. Compared with other wintergreens, it has larger, rounder leaves and clearly drooping white flowers with a curved reddish center. Flowers in Finland in June–July.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

heath forest

Flowering

Jun–Jul

About the habitat

Grows in moist, nutrient‑rich forests and shady groves, as well as wet woods and open fens and rich mires. Common in South and Central Finland; rare in northernmost Lapland.

Sources

Photo: Alun Williams333, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrola rotundifoliaglesyn-y-gaeaf deilgrwn.jpg

Text: Pinkka: A Pohjolan kasveja - Laburnum-Luzula, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38630

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotalvikki

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