Ericaceae
Largeflowered wintergreen
Pyrola grandiflora
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Pyrola
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Largeflowered wintergreen
- Icelandic
- Bjöllulilja
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polarvintergrøn
- Russian
- Грушанка крупноцветковая
- Swedish
- Islandspyrola
Synonyms
- Pyrola borealis Rydb.
- Pyrola canadensis Andres
- Pyrola gormanii Rydb.
- Pyrola grandiflora var. canadensis (Andres) A.E.Porsild
- Pyrola grandiflora var. gormanii (Rydb.) A.E.Porsild
- Pyrola grandiflora var. grandiflora
- Pyrola occidentalis R.Br.
- Thelaia grandiflora (Radius) Alef.
- Thelaia occidentalis (R.Br.) Alef.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Pyrola
- Common wintergreenPyrola minorEricaceae
- Round-leaved wintergreenPyrola rotundifoliaEricaceae
- Greenflowered wintergreenPyrola chloranthaEricaceae
- Intermediate wintergreenPyrola mediaEricaceae
- Liverleaf wintergreenPyrola asarifoliaEricaceae
- Pyrola japonicaEricaceae
- Pyrola renifoliaEricaceae
- Waxflower shinleafPyrola ellipticaEricaceae
- White-vein wintergreenPyrola pictaEricaceae
- Pyrola nephrophyllaEricaceae
- Pyrola alpinaEricaceae
- Pyrola faurieanaEricaceae
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.