Skye Flora

Common Wintergreen


Pyrola minor

 

Pyrola minor

Photo © Carl Farmer
(11 Jul 2002 Nesbyen, Norway)

Rare, in heather or woodland

Flower diameter c 4-8 mm

Skye ID: Flowers pinkish-white, not greenish-white, and not all on same side of spike (this separates it from Toothed Wintergreen).  Style not protruding from flower and only 1-2 mm long, shorter than stamens (separates from Intermediate Wintergreen which has style c 5 mm long, protruding from flower, and has flowers c 10 mm across, and from Round-leaved Wintergreen which has even larger style and flowers)

Other features: Leaves all from base and with very shallow toothing as shown in bottom pic.

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Pyrola minor

Photo © Carl Farmer
(14 Jul 2002 Geilo, Norway)

  Pyrola minor

Photo © Carl Farmer
(14 Jul 2002 Geilo, Norway)
 

Base of stem with rosette of stalked leaves

     
     
     
Pyrola minor

Photo © Carl Farmer
(14 Jul 2002 Geilo, Norway)
 

Leaf


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