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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Pyrolaceae
Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C.Barton subsp. cisatlantica (S.F.Blake) Hultén
pipsissewa, prince's-pine
Chimaphila: from the Greek cheima, "winter weather," and phelein, "to love," from its evergreen habit and referring to one of the common names, wintergreen aka pipsissiwa or prince's pine
umbellata: like umbels or umbrella-like flower heads
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall, evergreen half-shrub; stems spreading, branched; from creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to pink, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide; inflorescence with 4-8 stalked flowers in an umbel-like, long-stalked cluster; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule opening from the top downward |
| Leaf: | opposite, only along the stem, thin, tapering to the stem, sharply toothed especially toward the tip to smooth toward the base, shiny, e |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, forests; in sandy soil |
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