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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Pyrolaceae
Orthilia secunda (L.) House
one-sided shin-leaf, one-sided wintergreen
Orthilia: Greek for "straight spiral," referring to a one-sided floral arrangement
secunda: secundus for "second, following;" side-flowering
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-8" tall forb |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 5-parted, stalked, petals 1/3" long, style protruding with age; inflorescence a crowded cluster of flowers along only one side of the long stalk; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | capsule opening from the bottom upward |
| Leaf: | elliptical to roundish, often in separated clusters |
| Habitat: | moist to moderate moisture; forests, bogs |
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