Pyrola media

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 3

2. P. media Swartz , Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. nov. ser., 25: 257 (1804).

Stem (5-) 15-30 cm. Leaves 3-5 x 2-5 cm, ovate to orbicular, obtuse, crenulate; petiole shorter than or equalling lamina. Bracts ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, about equalling or longer than pedicels. Flowers 7-10 mm in diameter, globose. Calyx-lobes c. 2- 5 mm, triangular-ovate, obtuse or subacute. Petals white or pink. Anthers c. 2- 5 mm. Style 4-6 mm, expanded into a disc below the stigma, exserted, straight. 2/7 = 92. Woods, moors and heaths. N. & C. Europe, extending southwards locally, and mainly in the mountains, to N. Italy, Macedonia, Krym and S. Ural. Au Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.