Pyrola asarifolia subsp. asarifolia

Leaf blades round, ovate, elliptic, or reniform, margins entire or crenulate. Proximal inflorescence bracts usually as long as or longer than subtended pedicels, sometimes shorter than subtended pedicels. Flowers: calyx lobes 1.4-3.5(-4.3) mm, apices acute to acuminate; anthers (1.7-)2-3.4 mm. 2n = 46.

Flowering Apr-Jun. Dry to moist forests, bogs; 0-3200 m; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon; Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.; e Asia.

From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam

Our only specimen was found in a tamarack bog on the southwest side of Tamarack Lake in Steuben County.

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Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = 10

Wetland Indicator Status: FACW