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Pollination Studies With Native Minnesota Pyrola And Moneses Species, Lawrence C.W. Jensen
Pollination Studies With Native Minnesota Pyrola And Moneses Species, Lawrence C.W. Jensen
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The closely related ericaceous ericaceous genera, Pyrola L. and Monese Salisb. ex. Gray, are common throughout the world in coniferous woods of north temperate areas. Characteristically they are small herbaceous plants with basal evergreen leaves and decorative inflorescences of green, white or pink flowers appearing in the early summer. In Minnesota there are five species of Pyrola-P. asarifolia Michx., P. elliptica Nutt., P. rotundifolia L., P. secunda L., and P. virens Schweigger. There is also the one species of Moneses, M. uniffora (L.) Gray. All these occur together in abundant quantities and bloom at approximately the same time. Consequently they …