Pyrola atropurpurea Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Pyrola

Characteristics

Herbs 7–18 cm tall. Rhizome slender, branched. Leaves 2–4, crowded at base of aerial shoots; leaf blade reddish purple abaxially, green adaxially, cordate-ovate, (1–)1.5–3 × (1–)1.2–3 cm, papery, base cordate, margin slightly crenulate, apex obtuse. Scape erect, slender, without scales or 1 or 2 scale-shaped leaves, green-brown, lanceolate, membranous; raceme 2–4(–5) mm, naked or with 1 or 2 minute lanceolate bracts, 2–4-flowered. Pedicel 3–5 mm; bracts ovate, ca. 2 mm. Flowers nodding, cup-shaped, 0.8–1.5 cm in diam. Sepals reddish purple, ovate-triangular, ca. 1.5 × 1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals white, oblong-obovate, 5–7 × 3–5 mm, apex obtuse. Filaments glabrous; anthers yellow, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, tubules present. Style exserted, recurved, 9–11 mm, dilated at apex into ring; stigma thickened, with 5 round lobes. Capsules 5–6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.
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A herb. It grows 7-18 cm tall. It has a slender branched rhizome. There are 2-4 leaves crowded at the base of the aerial shoots. The leaves are oval to heart shaped and reddish above and green underneath. They are 2-3 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are rounded teeth along the edge. The flowers are cup shaped and nodding. The fruit capsule it 5-6 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.18
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 1,800-4,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The leaves are eaten raw or boiled.
Uses fodder
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pyrola atropurpurea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331797-1
WFO ID wfo-0001129050
COL ID 78QBL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pyrola atropurpurea Pyrola gracilis Pyrola atropurpurea var. gracilis