Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. rotundifolia

Perennial herb.

20–30 cm high.

The rosette leaves overwinter. The leaves are rather thick and smooth. The petiole is longer than the lamina and not alate. The lamina is 2–5 cm long, orbicular to round-ovate, obtuse to short-acuminate.

The inflorescence is an erect raceme with drooping flowers. The calyx lobes are narrowly ovate and acuminate. The corolla is campanulate and white. The style is curved, red and 4–10 mm long.

The capsule is drooping.