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Lesser Wintergreen - Pyrola minor

Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3S4
C-value: 7


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General Description
Leaves to 5 cm long; blades suborbicular to ovate, to ca. 3 cm long, apex and base rounded to obtuse, margin mostly entire; petioles shorter than the blades. Flowering stems to 19 cm; racemes ca. 3 cm long, 6- to13-flowered, crowded. Flowers: calyx lobes pinkish; petals white; style straight. Capsules ca. 5 mm broad (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

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Range Comments
Circumboreal south to CA, AZ, NM, MB, WI, MI, NY, ME and NS (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 62

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Habitat
Riparian habitats in coniferous forests; montane, subalpine (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).


References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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