''Pyrola asarifolia'', commonly known as liverleaf wintergreen, bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus ''

Pyrola ''Pyrola'' is a genus of evergreen herbaceous plants in the family Ericaceae. Under the old Cronquist system it was placed in its own family Pyrolaceae, but genetic research showed it belonged in the family Ericaceae. The species are commonly ...

'' native to western North America. It is found primarily on forest margins at mid latitude in the

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common ...

and northern

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is so named simply because its leaves maintain their green color through winter.

Cultivation

Its dust-like seeds are hard to germinate.

References

External links

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Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Pyrola asarifolia''
asarifolia Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Western United States Flora of the Northern United States Flora of Canada Flora of California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Garden plants of North America Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Ericaceae-stub