Pyrola chloranthaSw.

greenflowered wintergreen

WFO wfo-0000396274 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Steven Lamonde
fig. a Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 205763985
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Steven Lamonde
fig. b Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205764060
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. c Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202804910
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201186385
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. e Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198699664
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. f Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194913247
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. g Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193444612
Pyrola chlorantha, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. h Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169255802

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Native range 92 botanical countries

Regions where Pyrola chlorantha is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutIdahoLabradorMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOhioOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingYukon DelawareRhode I.
Native distribution of Pyrola chlorantha, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
Nevada NEV
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New Mexico NWM
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Utah UTA
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 291 in flower of 474 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Pyrola chlorantha observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 291 of 474 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 4 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Pyrola chlorantha f. paucifolia (Fernald) Camp
  • Pyrola chlorantha var. convoluta (W.P.C.Barton) Fernald
  • Pyrola chlorantha var. paucifolia Fernald
  • Pyrola chlorantha var. saximontana Fernald
  • Pyrola convoluta W.P.C.Barton
  • Pyrola oxypetala Austin ex A.Gray
  • Pyrola solunica S.D.Zhao
  • Pyrola virens Schweigg. & Körte
  • Pyrola virens f. paucifolia (Fernald) Fernald
  • Pyrola virens var. saximontana (Fernald) Fernald
  • Thelaia chlorantha (Sw.) Alef.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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