Taxonomy: Fam. Ericaceae// Genus: Pyrola// Species: Pyrola minor L. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (Raab-Straube, 2016+).
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1998) and Křísa in Tutin et al. (1972).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native to the Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere (North America and Eurasia) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: European beech forests, in moist and shaded positions. Recorded on two localities: Ponikva – Jamishko Osoe region and Kormina region.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Locality: Kormina region, recorded on 19.06.2022.
Pyrola minor– habit. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– habit. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– habit. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– habit. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– inflorescence. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– inlorescence. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– inflorescence. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– flowers. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– flowers. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– flowers. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– flowers. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– flowers. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– leaves and scape. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– leaves and scape. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– leaves and scape. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– leaves. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– leaves. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pyrola minor– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva – Jamishko Osoe region, recorded on 22.06.2025.
Křísa, B. 1972. Pyrola L. in Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 3–4.
Micevski, K. 1998. Pyrola L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 790–793.
