Pyrola asarifolia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{redirect|liverleaf wintergreen|liverleaf|Anemone hepatica}}

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|image = Pyrola asarifolia 0488.JPG

|image_caption = Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia

|status = {{TNCStatus}}

|status_system = TNC

|status_ref = {{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=Pyrola asarifolia |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134606/Pyrola_asarifolia |access-date=3 April 2024 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2024}}

|genus = Pyrola

|species = asarifolia

|authority = Michx.

|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

|subdivision = P. asarifolia subsp. asarifolia

P. asarifolia subsp. bracteata

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Pyrola asarifolia, commonly known as liverleaf wintergreen,{{PLANTS|id=PYAS|taxon=Pyrola asarifolia|accessdate=16 October 2015}} bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola native to western North America. It is found primarily on forest margins at mid latitude in the Pacific Northwest and northern California. It is so named simply because its leaves maintain their green color through winter.

Cultivation

Its dust-like seeds are hard to germinate.{{cite book |last1=Kruckeberg |first1=Arthur R. |title=Gardening with native plants of the pacific northwest |date=1996 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0295744155 |page=209 |edition=2nd}}

References

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  • {{cite book | author=Blanchan, Neltje | author-link=Neltje Blanchan | title=Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3003 | year=2002 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}