intermediate wintergreen

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Also known as: Pyrola media

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Intermediate wintergreen, scientifically known as Pyrola media, is a type of evergreen, aromatic plant belonging to the heath family, Ericaceae. This plant is characterized by its basal leaves and flowers that grow in a rather elongated cylindrical cluster, often with pinkish globular blooms.12

Wintergreen plants are known for producing oil of wintergreen, a volatile oil derived from the leaves. The active ingredient in this oil is methyl salicylate, which is used as a flavoring agent and for its medicinal properties in alleviating muscular aches and pains.13

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The pinkish globular flowers of intermediate wintergreen (P. media) grow in a rather elongated cylindrical cluster. The flowers of round-leaved wintergreen (P. americana) are white, with widely spread petals.
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The pinkish globular flowers of intermediate wintergreen (P. media) grow in a rather elongated cylindrical cluster. The flowers of round-leaved wintergreen (P. americana) are white, with widely spread petals.
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