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Orthilia secunda - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Ericaceae

Synonymous with Pyrola secunda L.

Habitat

Moist woods, cedar swamps.

Associates

 Distribution

Cicumboreal; in North America south to NJ, MD, IN, MN, and NM.

Morphology

Rhizomatous herb to 20 cm; leaves elliptic to broadly ovate or subrotund, 1.5-4 cm, obtuse or rounded, entire to crenate-serrate, obtuse or rounded at the base, often separated by conspicuous internodes; raceme crowded, secund; sepals semi-orbicular to ovate, 0.5-1 mm; petals white or greenish, 5 mm; anthers 1.5-2 mm, truncate, opening by large pores, rounded at base; style elongate, exsert at anthesis.

Notes

Flowers July to August

Wetland indicator: FAC

Differs from Pyrola spp. in that the style is both straight and exserted from the corolla at anthesis.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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