Plants : PyrolaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Pyrola minor L.

Common Wintergreen

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Pyrola minor

Description: A perennial species about 6 ins (15 cm) tall with a rosette of round leaves and a spike of white bell-shaped flowers. Intermediate wintergreen (Pyrola media) is very similar but the style is shorter and straight in P. minor.

In woods, coniferous plantations, glens and scrub, mostly in Cos Fermanagh, Antrim and Londonderry.

All names: Pyrola minor L.; Pyrola redgrovensis Druce

Distribution Map from NBN: Pyrola minor at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Pyrola minor at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Pyrola minor. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4590. Accessed on 2026-11-02.