Rundblättriges Wintergrün
Pyrola rotundifolia · auch: Wintergrün, Rundblättriges-
Wildpflanze essbar
4 Fotos
Beschreibung
Das bis zu 30 cm große Rundblättrige Wintergrün findet man in halbschattigen Laub- und Nadelwäldern. Es wächst auf sauren, basenreichen Böden. Es gedeiht nur in Koexistenz mit einem speziellen Bodenpilz. Auch seine Samen sind zur Keimung auf diesen Pilz angewiesen.
Wie sein Trivialname „Lechsalat“ andeutet, wächst es in den Auen des wilden Tiroler Lechs und wurde als Salatbeigabe genutzt.
Für Heilzwecke sollte es nicht mit Gaultheria procumbens verwechselt werden, deren gebräuchlicher deutscher Name auch „Wintergrün“ ist. Es besitzt nämlich n i c h t die heilenden Wirkungen (muskelentspannend, entzündungshemmend, abschwellend, schmerzstillend, fiebersenkend) von Gaultheria procumbens.
Andere Namen
Lechsalat
Merkmale
Steckbrief
Familie
Ericaceae
Gattung
Pyrola
Ordnung
Ericales
Klasse
Magnoliopsida
Lebensform
Kraut
Habitat
Bogs, fens and woods, especially beech woods, often on limestone, and in dune slacks. Avoids acid soils.
Heilwirkung
★★☆☆☆
Licht
4/10
Feuchtigkeit
7/10
Boden
3/10
pH-Wert pH 6.5 – 7
Anbau & Pflege
Prefers a moist sandy woodland soil in a cool position with partial shade. Requires a peaty or leafy but not very acid soil that remains moist in the summer. Plants are hardy to at least -20°c. This is a very ornamental but difficult plant to grow. It requires a mycorrhizal relationship in the soil and therefore needs to be grown initially in soil collected from around an established plant. It is also very difficult from seed as well as being intolerant of root disturbance which makes division difficult. The flowers have a delicious almond-like fragrance.
Vermehrung: Seed - the only information we have on this species is that it is difficult from seed and germinates infrequently. We would suggest sowing the seed as soon as it is ripe if this is possible. Sow it into soil collected from around an established plant, only just covering the seed, and put the pot in a shady part of a cold frame. Pot up any young seedlings as soon as they are large enough to handle, once again using soil from around an established plant. Plant out into their permanent positions when the plants are large enough. You should not need to use soil from around an established plant to do this since the soil in the pot will contain the necessary micorrhiza. Division with great care in the spring. Pot up the divisions using some soil from around an established plant, grow on in a lightly shaded part of a greenhouse or frame and do not plant out until the plants are growing away vigorously.
Essbare Verwendung
None known
Weitere Nutzung
Plants can be used as a ground cover when spaced about 30cm apart each way. They are somewhat slow to settle down though, and only form a good cover when they are growing luxuriantly.
Verbreitung
Heimisch: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, Denmark, East European Russia, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), FI, Finland, Flanders, Flemish Region, France, GL, Germany, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Romania, SE, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Southern Asia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont-US, Vietnam, Walloon Region, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya
Alternative deutsche Namen
Artengruppe Rundblättriges WintergrünRundblaettriges WintergruenRundblättriges Wintergrün
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