Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C.Barton
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Pyrolaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Stems spreading, the fertile branches erect, 1–3 dm; lvs oblanceolate, 3–6 cm, acute or mucronate, sharply toothed, especially above, nearly entire below, tapering to a short petiole; fls 4–8, corymbose or subumbellate, 10–15 mm wide; dilated part of the filaments ciliolate; 2n=26. Dry woods, especially in sandy soil. June–Aug. Circumboreal, with 2 vars. in Amer. Var. cisatlantica S. F. Blake (C. corymbosa), occurring from Que. and N.S. to Minn., s. to Va., W.Va., and n. Ind., has relatively thin, veiny lvs and mostly recurved pedicels. Var. occidentalis (Rydb.) S. F. Blake (C. occidentalis), from n. Mich. to B.C., s. to Colo. and Calif., has thicker, less veiny lvs and often ascending pedicels.
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Common Names
prince's pine, pipsissewa