spotted wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

Summary 6

Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen, also called striped wintergreen, striped prince's pine, spotted pipsissewa, ratsbane, or rheumatism root) is a small (10–25 cm tall), perennial evergreen herb native to eastern North America and Central America, from southern Quebec west to Illinois, and south to Florida and Panama.

National distribution 7

Canada
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) dogtooth77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53817483@N00/910411486
  2. (c) takomabibelot, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4652488769_d2137d8489.jpg
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  4. (c) National Museum of Natural History Image Collection, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=2009692
  5. (c) National Museum of Natural History Image Collection, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=2009691
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimaphila_maculata
  7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29086622

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Flowering season summer
Flower color white