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common wintergreen
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species of plant
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- Pyrola minor
- taxon common name
- drobnocvetna zelenka
- has fruit type
- capsule
- short name
- P. minor
- taxon range
- Northern Hemisphere
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Encyclopedic overview
Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) tall. It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. It grows in moist areas. Flowers bloom June to August. The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “common wintergreen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.