Cultivation
Resents disturbance.
Propagation
Seed in autumn or spring or by division in spring.
Pests, diseases or disorders
Very susceptible to slugs and snails
Pyrola minor (Common wintergreen). This plant is often found in the wild in Northern Europe. STEM: Short, leafy; flowering stems upright, scaly. ROOT: Creeping underground stem. HAIRS: Absent STIPULES: Absent LEAF-STALK: Shorter than blade. BRACTS: Slender, pointed. FLOWER STALK: Almost equaling flower. SEPALS: 5, bases joined. PETALS: 5, equal, not joined, overlapping. STAMENS: 10 STIGMA: 1, 5-lobed, style straight, shorter than petals. OVARY: 1, 5-celled. SEEDS: Numerous, minute.
Perennial, Evergreen, Herbaceous
Britain
Wildflower/meadow, once medicinal.
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Resents disturbance.
Seed in autumn or spring or by division in spring.
Very susceptible to slugs and snails
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