Ericaceae FAMILY

Pyrola calliantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pyrola calliantha is an evergreen perennial plant with an extensive, branching rhizomatous rootstock. It forms basal rosettes of leaves at intervals along the rhizome and spreads to form a loose clump; the leafless flowering stems are around 15 - 30cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is commonly used in traditional Chines medicine and also in other regions where it grows wild.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, China

HabitatMontane coniferous forests, mixed forests; at elevations from 700 - 4100 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. In forests of Picea and Abies or of Betula and Salix, on moist soil. Common at higher elevations[ 1643 Title Plants collected by R.C. Ching in Southern Mongolia and Kansu Province, China Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 28 Part 4 pp 563-694, 1943 Author Walker E.H. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington. Year 1943 ISBN Description ].