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Pyrola minor

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Botanical Description

Leaves with only a short petiole, broadly elliptical, 2.5-6cm long by 1.5-5cm in width, finely toothed. Flowering stems 5-20cm high with whitish to pale pink flowers 5-7mm across. Native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere in woods and moorlands, usually on acid soils.

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