Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia

Bog wintergreen, Bog Wintergreen

Family: Ericaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Bog wintergreen is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, high Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, and Modoc Plateau in moist forest, swamps, and bogs at elevations of 30 to 2,800 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces white to pink flowers with distinctive drooping bell-shaped blossoms. Growing with erect scapes 10 to 35 centimeters tall, it emerges from a low-growing rosette of leaves. Its round to kidney-shaped leaves are 3 to 13 centimeters wide, with slightly scalloped edges and a rich green color. The delicate flowers have petals 4.8 to 8.6 millimeters long, creating a graceful woodland understory presence.

Habitat: Common. Moist forest, swamps, bogs, streambanks

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 30-2800 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SNH, SnBr, MP

California counties: San Bernardino, Tulare, Mono, Inyo, Fresno, Siskiyou, Trinity, Plumas, Sierra, Butte, Nevada, El Dorado, Tehama, Placer, Humboldt, Ventura, Mariposa, Tuolumne

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.