Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erxlebenia minor (ly.) Rydberg
Pyrola minor LSp. PI. 396. 1753.
Pyrola rosea Smith, Engl. Bot. pi. 2543. 1813.
Pyrola minor conferta Cham. & Schlecht. lyinnaea 1: 514. 1826.
Erxlebenia rosea Opiz, Seznam 41. 1852.
Amelia minor Alef. Linnaea 28: 25. 1856.
Pyrola minor minor iedeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 930. 1846.
Pyrola conferta Fisch.; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 930, as synonym. 1846.
Perennial, with a slender rootstock; petiole^ 1-3 cm. long; leaf -blades oval or orbicular, 1-4 cm. long, crenate, rather thin; scape with 1 or 2 scales, 1-2 dm. high; raceme short, 5-17flowered; bracts subulate, 2-3 mm. long, about equaling the pedicels; sepals triangular, acute or shortacuminate, as broad as long; corolla white or rose-colored, subglobose; petals orbicular, concave, 3-4 mm. long; anthers ovate, mucronate, dehiscent by 2 pores; tubes obsolete;style erect, about 1 mm. long; capsule about 6 mm. thick.
Type i^ocality: Colder part of Europe.
Distribution: Bogs, from Labrador to New England, Minnesota, Colorado, California, and Alaska; also Europe and northern Asia.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
