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Pyrola chlorantha

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Authors: Sw.  

Botanical Description

Leaves with a long petiole, oblong-ovate to rounded, crenulate, 5-30mm long by 5-25mm in width, light green above, darker beneath. Flowering stems 10-3 0cm tall with racemes of 8-12mm wide broadly bell-shaped, yellowish-green flowers. Native to coniferous woods through most of Europe.

a, P. chlorantha; b, P. minor; c, P. rotundifolia;