Pyrola asarifolia Michx. - Pink Shinleaf


 

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Pyrola asarifolia - (image 1 of 4)

 

Taxonomy

Family: Ericaceae

 

Habitat

Moist woods, cedar swamps, and bogs.

Associates

 

Distribution

Newfoundland to AK, south to NY, northern IN, MN, and NM.

Morphology

Rhizomatous perennial; leaves firm, subrotund, mostly 3-6 cm; scapes 15-30 cm, usually with 1-3 scale-like leaves; sepals triangular, 2-3 mm, acute, entire, widest just above the base and thus slightly overlapping; petals 5-7 mm, pink to pale purple; anthers cuspidate at the base, abruptly narrowed above into very short tubes; style declined.

Notes

Flowers July to August

Wetland indicator: FACW

Similar to P. americana which has white flowers and sepals oblong or ovate-oblong and not overlapping at the base.

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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