Pyrola minor

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Pyrola

|species = minor

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Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen,{{PLANTS|id=PYMI|taxon=Pyrola minor|accessdate=16 October 2015}} lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to {{Convert|1|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pymi |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.wildflower.org}} It has a Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America.{{Cite web |title=Pyrola minor (little shinleaf): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/pyrola/minor/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}} It grows in moist areas.{{Cite web |title=Pyrola minor - Burke Herbarium Image Collection |url=https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Pyrola%20minor |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=burkeherbarium.org}} Flowers bloom June to August. The plant is mostly self-pollinating; it does not even bother to attract pollinators with the scent of its flowers or by secreting nectar.