''Pyrola chlorantha'', the greenflowered wintergreen, is a species of the plant 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 k ...

''. It has a circumboreal distribution and is found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. ''Pyrola chlorantha'' is found in the Northeastern United States and the

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, such as the

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. It is considered an endangered species in several of the

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''Pyrola chlorantha''Jepson Manual Treatment
chlorantha Flora of Canada Flora of Europe Flora of temperate Asia Flora of the Northeastern United States Flora of the Western United States Flora of Alaska Flora of California Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America) Taxa named by Olof Swartz Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Ericaceae-stub