Ericaceae
Common wintergreen
Pyrola minor
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Pyrola
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Common names
By language (26)
- Belarusian
- Грушанка малая
- Bulgarian
- Малка мурава
- Chinese
- 短柱鹿蹄草
- Czech
- Hruštička menší
- Danish
- Liden Vintergrøn
- Dutch
- Klein wintergroen
- English
- Common wintergreen, Snowline wintergreen, Lesser wintergreen
- Estonian
- Väike uibuleht
- Finnish
- Pikkutalvikki
- French
- Petite pyrole
- Georgian
- Მსხალიჭა
- German
- Kleines Wintergrün
- hsb
- Mała krušwička
- Hungarian
- Kis körtike
- Icelandic
- Klukkublóm
- Irish
- Glasluibh bheag
- Japanese
- エゾイチヤクソウ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Perlevintergrønn
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Perlevintergrøn
- Polish
- Gruszyczka mniejsza
- Russian
- Грушанка малая
- se
- Smávvalieđga
- Slovak
- Hruštička menšia
- Slovenian
- Drobnocvetna zelenka
- Swedish
- Klotpyrola
- Welsh
- Glesyn-y-gaeaf bach
Synonyms
- Amelia minor (L.) Alef.
- Braxilia minor (L.) House
- Braxilia parvifolia Raf.
- Braxilia squamata Raf.
- Erxlebenia minor (L.) Rydb.
- Erxlebenia rosea Opiz
- Pyrola conferta Fisch. ex Ledeb.
- Pyrola intermedia Schleich. ex Arcang.
- Pyrola minor var. conferta Cham. & Schltdl.
- Pyrola montana Bubani
- Pyrola rosea Sm.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 422 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Hibbard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Pyrola
- Round-leaved wintergreenPyrola rotundifoliaEricaceae
- Greenflowered wintergreenPyrola chloranthaEricaceae
- Intermediate wintergreenPyrola mediaEricaceae
- Liverleaf wintergreenPyrola asarifoliaEricaceae
- Largeflowered wintergreenPyrola grandifloraEricaceae
- 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.