Pyrola americana - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Ericaceae
Habitat
Dry or moist woods, cedar swamps, and bogs.
Associates
Distribution
Newfoundland and Labrador to Manitoba, south to NC, TN, IL, MN, and SD.
Morphology
Rhizomatous perennial; leaves firm, mostly broadly elliptic to subrotund, 2.5-7 cm, broadly rounded above, rounded to truncate or short-cuneate at the base, always somewhat decurrent on the petiole; scape 15-30 cm, usually with 1-2 scale-like leaves; sepals oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-4 mm, nearly twice as long as wide, erose or undulate, not overlapping at the base; petals white, 8-10 mm; anthers 3-3.5 mm, minutely cuspidate at the base, abruptly narrowed into very short tubes above; style declined.
Notes
Flowers July to August
Wetland indicator: FAC
Similar to P. asarifolia which usually has pink flowers and sepals more triangular and slightly overlapping at the base. In the past was considered to be conspecific with the Eurasian P. rotundifolia L.
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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