Pyrola asarifolia Michx.
pink wintergreen (common pink wintergreen; large wintergreen; liverleaf wintergreen)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
(Previously in Pyrolaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
pink wintergreen (common pink wintergreen; large wintergreen; liverleaf wintergreen)
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
(Previously in Pyrolaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome; stems, including flowering-stem, 13-40 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal, evergreen, leathery, round to elliptic or egg-shaped, the blades 2-8 cm long, nearly as wide, commonly heart-shaped at base to rounded or somewhat pointed, rounded to shallowly notched at tip, entire to toothed with veins projecting slightly beyond margin, dark green and shining above, usually somewhat purplish beneath, not mottled; stalks 2-9 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a (5) 8- to 25-flowered, elongate, terminal raceme, the flowers 10-15 mm wide, weakly bilaterally symmetric, open; flower stalks 3-8 mm long, usually shorter than the linear-lanceolate, dry, membranous bracts; petals pinkish to rose or purplish-red, 5-8 mm long; sepals pointed to sharp-pointed, 1.5-5 mm long; anthers pink, 2-3.5 mm long, sharp pointed at the lower end, the tubes short and the pores nearly terminal; styles declined, strongly curved, exserted, 5-8 mm long, with a collar below the stigma.
Fruits:
Capsules, globe-shaped, 6-8 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 Pyrola asarifolia
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
948 | 0 | 2500 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
15 | -2 | 410 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
306 | 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: |
5934 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(2), BAFA(4), BWBS(899), CDF(4), CWH(268), ESSF(615), ICH(1401), IDF(363), MH(10), MS(399), PP(9), SBPS(122), SBS(1377), SWB(111) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to moist forests, thickets, meadows and heath in the lowland to subalpine zones; common throughout BC, except Queen Charlotte Islands; N to AK, YT, and NT, E to NF, and S to OR, NM, MN, and NH; Asia.Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Pyrola asarifolia subsp. bracteata (Hook.) Haber
Pyrola asarifolia var. asarifolia