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Photographer: Arthur Meeks
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Family Pyrolaceae
Pyrola asarifolia Michx. subsp. asarifolia
liver-leaf wintergreen, pink shin-leaf
Pyrola: pear-like, from the Latin diminutive of Pyrus, meaning "pear," for the pear-like leaf shape, and a genus commonly called shinleaf or wintergreen
asarifolia: with leaves like Asarum
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-12" tall forb |
| Flower: | pink to pale purple, 5-parted, stalked, petals 1/4" long; sepals obviously longer than wide, triangular, overlapping at the base; inflorescence a cluster of nodding flowers on a long stalk usually with 1-3 scale-like leaves; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule opening from the bottom upward |
| Leaf: | mostly 1"-2 1/3" long, roundish, nearly basal, slightly heart-shaped at the base |
| Habitat: | moist; woods, bogs |
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