Moneses uniflora (L.) A. Gray
single delight (one-flowered wintergreen)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
(Previously in Pyrolaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
single delight (one-flowered wintergreen)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
(Previously in Pyrolaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, slightly woody herb from slender, rhizome-like root; stems erect or nearly so, 3-10 cm tall.
Leaves:
Evergreen, more or less basal, egg-shaped, 1-4 cm long including the short stalks, 0.6-2 cm wide, thin, veiny, finely-toothed, tips rounded.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a single, terminal, nodding flower, 1.3-2.5 cm wide, fragrant; flower stem pimpled above, bracts 1 or 2, about midlength on naked stem; petals 5, distinct, widely spreading, waxy white to pinkish, lance egg-shaped, 7-11 mm long, entire or minutely-fringed; sepals 5, distinct, 1.5-3 mm long, usually bent back, margins ragged-fringed; styles 2-4 mm long, straight; stigmas large, 5-lobed; stamens 10.
Fruits:
Capsules, nearly globe-shaped, 5-8 mm wide.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Moneses uniflora
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
928 | 0 | 2500 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
23 | 0 | 410 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
348 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2883 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(184), CWH(721), ESSF(540), ICH(570), IDF(56), MH(51), MS(155), SBPS(38), SBS(388), SWB(33) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic forests in the montane zone; infrequent in SC BC, frequent elsewhere in BC; circumboreal, N to AK, YT, and NT, E to NF and S to CA, NM, MN, and PA; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Moneses uniflora subsp. reticulata (Nutt.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
Moneses uniflora var. reticulata (Nutt.) S.F. Blake
Moneses uniflora var. uniflora
Pyrola uniflora L.