Pyrola

Pyrola is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae native to the region spanning from the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere to Guatemala and Sumatra.

==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== thumb|right|Pyrola rotundifolia foliage Pyrola are erect, chlorophyllous or achlorophyllous, up to 35–44 cm tall herbs or subshrubs with single, glabrous stems. The long, branched, slender rootstock bears fine roots. ===Generative characteristics=== thumb|right|Detail of Pyrola elliptica flower thumb|right|Detail of Pyrola chlorantha fruit The many-flowered, racemose inflorescence with 1–4 scape bracts bears pedicellate, nodding, campanulate, radially symmetric or slightly zygomorphic flowers. The pendulous, loculicidal capsule fruit bears approximately 1000 winged, spindle-shaped seeds. ===Cytology=== The chromosome count is n = 23, 46.