Common name:
Round-leaved wintergreen
Family:
Scientific name:
Pyrola rotundifolia
Main flower color:
Range:
Small, scattered locations, mostly in Wales and Scotland
Height:
Up to 15 cm
Habitat:
Fens, coastal dune slacks, damp calcareous grassland
Flowers:
Five short, spreading sepals, five white petals, spreading when mature, ten orange stamens and a long red style. Flowers are pendent, produced as a short, open cluster (typically six to ten heads) at the top of the leafless, hairless stem
Leaves:
Yellowish-green, hairless, shiny, rounded in outline, attached by long stalks. Leaves form a basal rosette
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
