Pyrola macrocalyx Ohwi

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Pyrola

Characteristics

Herbs 14–21 cm tall. Rhizome long, slender, branched. Leaves 2–6, crowded at base of caudex; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm, often shorter than blade; leaf blade light green with purple abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic, obovate, or ovate, 2.3–4.2 × 1.4–3.8 cm, leathery, base broadly cuneate or orbicular, margin entire or slightly crenate, apex obtuse or rounded. Scape subtended by 1–3 scalelike bracts; raceme 6–10(–15)-flowered, 3–5 cm. Pedicel 3–4 mm; bracts lanceolate, 5–7 × 1.4–1.5 mm, longer than pedicel, membranous. Flowers spreading, saucer-shaped, ca. 1 cm in diam. Sepals lanceolate, 4.5–5 × ca. 1 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate. Petals white, obovate, 5–6 × 3–4 mm, apex acute or obtuse. Filaments glabrous; anthers yellow, 2–2.5 × ca. 1 mm, tubules present. Style not or slightly exserted, 6–6.5 mm, nearly erect or upper part curved upward, without dilated ring at apex. Capsule 4–6 mm in diam. Fl. Jul–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) 0.14 - 0.21
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

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

Usage

Uses -
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°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pyrola macrocalyx world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:706962-1
WFO ID wfo-0001129064
COL ID 6WQ4K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pyrola macrocalyx