| Small herb with evergreen leaves. Flowers hanging downward with usually 5 sepals, 5 separate petals, and 10 stamens. Fruit is a capsule. | |
| Flower Formula: Sepals 4-5; Petals 4-5 | Glossary |
| Genus  (Click for Taxon List) |
WI Taxa (map link) |
Photo | Genus Traits | Google Searches |
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| Chimaphila
wax-flower, wintergreen |
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Flowers in umbels. Leaves not basal. | Images Information |
| Moneses
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Flowers solitary at top of plant. | Images Information |
| Orthilia
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Flowers in raceme from one-side of stem. | Images Information |
| Pyrola
pyrola, shin-leaf, wintergreen |
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Flowers in raceme from all sides of stem. | Images Information |
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