Moneses uniflora, (L.) A. Gray

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 : 4

1. M. uniflora (L.) A. Gray , Man. Bot. 2TÌ (1848)

( Pyrola uniflora L. ).

Stem 5-15 cm. Leaves 1-3 cm, orbicular to ovateelliptical, crenulate to serrulate, light green; petiole shorter than lamina. Cauline scale 1. Flowers 13-20 mm in diameter. Calyxlobes 1-5-3 mm, ovate, obtuse, erose-denticulate. Petals ovatelanceolate, white. Anthers 2-5-3-2 mm. Style 5-7 mm, not expanded below the stigma, straight. 2n=26. Woods, usually coniferous. M ost o f Europe, but absent from many o f the islands and the extreme south. Al Au Br Bu Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su [Be].