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Pyrola
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Pyrola asarifolia
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Pyroloideae
Genus:
Pyrola

Species

About 30 species, including:
Pyrola americana
Pyrola asarifolia
Pyrola chlorantha
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola grandiflora
Pyrola incarnata
Pyrola media
Pyrola minor
Pyrola norvegica
Pyrola picta
Pyrola rotundifolia

Pyrola, commonly called wintergreens (also applied to Gaultheria), are plants in the heath family Ericaceae. They are in the subfamily Pyroloideae of the family Ericaceae. Pyroloideae was treated as a separate family, Pyrolaceae.

See also

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