Pyrola rotundifoliaL.

round-leaved wintergreen

WFO wfo-0000396288 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by CorentinD
fig. a CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-14 / obs. 208073299
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204439877
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199758187
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Daria
fig. d Daria, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197760447
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. e Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197759474
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Ульяна Лалак
fig. f Ульяна Лалак, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195888811
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. g Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193507938
Pyrola rotundifolia, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. h Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191722557

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Native range 62 botanical countries

Regions where Pyrola rotundifolia is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Iran, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Myanmar, Vietnam, Albania, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AfghanistanAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaIranIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeSakhalinTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaMyanmarVietnamAlbaniaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Pyrola rotundifolia, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
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
Myanmar MYA ASIA-TROPICAL
Vietnam VIE

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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 435 in flower of 608 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Pyrola rotundifolia 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. 435 of 608 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 2 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 17 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 declinata Moench
  • Pyrola groenlandica Hornem.
  • Pyrola magna Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
  • Pyrola major Lam.
  • Pyrola maritima Kenyon
  • Pyrola monophyla Raf.
  • Pyrola ovalifolia Schur
  • Pyrola pumila (Hornem.) Hornem. ex Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. indica Andres
  • Pyrola rotundifolia var. pumila Hornem.
  • Pyrola rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
  • Pyrola serotina Melicocq
  • Pyrola tianschanica Poljakov
  • Thelaia arenaria Alef.
  • Thelaia bracteosa Alef.
  • Thelaia intermedia Alef.
  • Thelaia rotundifolia (L.) 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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