Pyrola calliantha Andres

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Pyrola

Characteristics

Herbs (10–)15–30 cm tall. Rhizome long, slender, branched, producing adventitious roots and aerial stems at nodes; caudex ribbed, 15–30 cm, with a basal rosette of crowded leaves and 1 or 2 bracts; bracts brownish, oblong-ovate, sheathing, scales. Petiole 2–5.5 cm; leaf blade purplish and often glaucous abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic or ovate, (2.5–)3–6 × 2–3.5 cm, leathery, base broadly cuneate or suborbicular, margin entire or crenate, apex obtuse or rounded. Scape with 1 or 2 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate scalelike bracts sheathing at base; raceme 9–13-flowered, 12–16 cm. Pedicel 5–8(–10) mm; bracts ligulate, 6–7.5 mm. Flowers spreading or rarely nodding, rotate, 1.5–2 cm in diam. Sepals ligulate, (3–)5–7.5 × (1.5–)2–3 mm, margin entire, apex often acute. Petals pure white, obovate-elliptic or obovate, 6–10 × 5–8 mm. Filaments glabrous; anthers yellow, (2.1–)2.5–4 × 1–1.4 mm, tubules present. Style ± exserted, light red, 6–8(–10) mm, nearly erect or upper part slightly curved upward, dilated at apex into a ring. Capsule 7–9 mm in diam. Fl. Jun–Aug, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system adventitious-root 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

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Pyrola calliantha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:706937-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396315
COL ID 792BN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pyrola rockii Pyrola calliantha Pyrola andresii Pyrola hopeiensis Pyrola calliantha var. tibetana Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. chinensis Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. tibetana Pyrola rotundifolia var. chinensis Pyrola rotundifolia var. communis Pyrola rotundifolia var. laurifolia Pyrola rotundifolia var. sphaeroides Pyrola rotundifolia var. tibetana Pyrola calliantha var. calliantha