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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Pyrolaceae
Pyrola minor L.
lesser wintergreen, little shin-leaf, small 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
minor: smaller, lesser (see major)
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-6" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, stalked, 1/5" long, sepals triangular and about the same or slightly wider than long; straight styles not protruding; inflorescence a long-stalked, loose cluster of more than 10 nodding flowers |
| Fruit: | capsule opening from the bottom upward |
| Leaf: | 1"- 1 1/2" long, elliptical to roundish, dull, nearly basal |
| Habitat: | moist; tamarack swamps |
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