Pyrola rotundifolia, SE: Vitpyrola, DE: Rundblättriges Wintergrün,
NL: Rond wintergroen, UK: Round-leaved Wintergreen

Scientific name:		Pyrola rotundifolia L.
Swedish name:		Vitpyrola, vintergröna
German name:		Rundblättriges Wintergrün
Nederlandse naam:		Rond wintergroen
English name:		Round-leaved Wintergreen
Family:		Ericaceae, Heath family, Ljungväxter

Location: Hammarstrand; Date Picture Taken: July 12, 2009

Life form:		Evergreen perennial
Stems:		Ascending, 20-30cm high, 3-angular, with embraced, prolonged lanceolate scales above
Leaves:		Rosette, opposite, c 1.5-5 cm
Flowers:		8-15 White flowers on 15 to 30 centimeters high stems
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Fruits:		Semitransparent pouches with spherical seeds
Habitat:		Woods, thickets, heathland

Detail Date Picture Taken: July 12, 2009 Derivation of the botanical name: Pyrola, pear-like, from the Latin diminutive of Pyrus, meaning "pear," for the pear-like leaf shape, and a genus commonly called shinleaf or wintergreen. rotundifolia, rotund, "round, spherical," i, connective vowel used by botanical Latin,and foli, "leaf". The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.