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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Pyrolaceae
Pyrola rotundifolia L. subsp. americana (Sweet) R.T.Clausen
round-leaved 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
rotundifolia: Latin for "round leaves"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-12" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, stalked, 1/3" long, sepals oblong and nearly twice as long as wide; inflorescence a long-stalked cluster of nodding flowers often with 1 or 2 scale-like leaves; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule opening from the bottom upward |
| Leaf: | 1"-2 3/4" long, mostly widely elliptical to roundish, firm, shiny, nearly basal |
| Habitat: | moist to dry; woods, bogs |
| (Glossary) |
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