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Ericaceae

Single delight

Moneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Moneses

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Single delight: Single-delight
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (35)
Belarusian
Аднацветка
Bulgarian
Едноцветен монезес
Catalan
Pírola uniflora, Pyrole à une fleur
Chinese
單花鹿蹄草, 独丽花, 單華錫杖花, 独立花, 单花鹿蹄草
Croatian
Zelenika
Czech
Jednokvítek velekvětý, Jednokvítek
Danish
Enblomstret vintergrøn
Dutch
Eenbloemig wintergroen
English
Single delight, Wood nymph
Estonian
Kuningakübar
Finnish
Tähtitalvikki
French
Pyrole à une fleur, Monésè uniflore, Pirole à une fleur
German
Moosauge, Einblütiges Moosauge, Einblütiges Wintergrün, Pyrole à une fleur
hsb
Jednokwětkata krušwička
Hungarian
Egyvirágú kiskörtike
Icelandic
Ólafsstjaki
Japanese
イチゲイチヤクソウ
Kazakh
Дарагүл
Latvian
Vienzieda sūnactiņa
Lithuanian
Žemoklė, Pyrole à une fleur
Macedonian
Moneses
Norwegian Bokmål
Olavsstake
Norwegian Nynorsk
Olavsstake, Olavstake, Pýrola uniflóra
Polish
Gruszycznik jednokwiatowy, Gruszyczka jednokwiatowa, Monezes jednokwiatowa
Russian
Одноцветка, Одноцветка крупноцветковая, Одноцветка одноцветковая, Грушанка
sco
Moneses
se
Nástedálvvut
Slovak
Jednokvietok veľkokvetý
Slovenian
Navadna enocvetka
smn
Täsnitälvihâs
Spanish
Peralito, Perilla de Roncesvalles, Pirola menor, Pírola
Swedish
Ögonpyrola, Ögonljus, Pyrole à une fleur
Turkish
Moneses
Ukrainian
Одноквітка звичайна
Welsh
Glesyn-y-gaeaf unflodeuog

Synonyms

  • Bryophthalmum uniflorum (L.) E.Mey.
  • Chimaphila rhombifolia Hayata
  • Monanthium reticulatum (Nutt.) House
  • Monanthium uniflorum (L.) House
  • Moneses brevicaulis Schur
  • Moneses grandiflora Salisb. ex Gray
  • Moneses reticulata Nutt.
  • Moneses rhombifolia (Hayata) Andres
  • Moneses uniflora subsp. reticulata (Nutt.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
  • Moneses uniflora var. reticulata (Nutt.) S.F.Blake
  • Moneses uniflora var. uniflora
  • Moneses verticillata Schur
  • Odostima acutiflora Raf.
  • Odostima caulina Raf.
  • Odostima grandiflora (Gray) Raf.
  • Odostima obovata Raf.
  • Odostima orbiculata Raf.
  • Pyrola halleri Steud.
  • Pyrola obovata Raf.
  • Pyrola uniflora L.
  • Pyrola uniflora var. reticulata (Nutt.) H.St.John
  • Pyrola verticillata (Schur) Schur

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.