Pyrola decorata
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Description
A herb. It grows 15-35 cm tall. The rootstock is long and slender. There are 3-6 leaves crowded near the base. The leaves are light green underneath. They are 5-7 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. There are small teeth on the edge. There are 4-10 flowers on a stalk. They are saucer shaped and nodding. They are light green to white.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in pine and broad-leaved forests between 600-3,000 m above sea level in China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, Tibet,
Notes
Also put in the family Pyrolaceae.
Also Known As
Hongru, Shoucha
References (1)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
