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Pyrola chlorantha
Greenflowered Wintergreen
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0913 0513 (2013-09-11)Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 15, 2013
latitude 46.38414 longitude 13.58219
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location
Koritnica valley, right bank of river Koritnica, north of the fortress Kluže, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Ericaceae
notes Slo.: zelenkastovenčna zelenka - Habitat: Mixed wood, sandy calcareous ground covered by mosses, close to river bank, in shade, quite humid place, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, elevation 550 m (1.800 feet), average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: siol. - Comment: Growing solitary and in groups, several ten plants present. Pyrola chlorantha has a circumboreal distribution throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and America. However, in Slovenia it is the rarest of all four species of the genus Pyrola. It is a known medical plant, used for example by Kayenta Navaho tribe in north America in gynecology, as haemostatic and in many other medical problems. - Ref.: (1) A.Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 420. (2 Rothmaler 3, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, 11.Augl., Elsevier, Spectrum (2007), p 212. (3) http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Pyrola+chloranthacamera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_725/3012_DSC6629 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Greenflowered Wintergreen (photographer)
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