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http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0 d/Dw. Pink wintergreen. jpg/250 px-Dw. Pinkwintergreen. jpg http: //www. swcoloradowildflowers. com/White%20 Enlarged%20 Photos/2 orse. jpg http: //www. prairie-elements. ca/images/chimaphila. jpg PYROLACEAE The Shinleaf Family

Pyrolaceae §Herbs or subshrubs § Flowers are regular and perfect § Leaves are alternate and sometimes opposite § Leaves are basal or nearly so except in Chimaphila § Leaves persist through winter except in Moneses (sometimes called the wintergreen family) § Strongly mycotrophic-dependant on mycorrhizal in ground § 5 -merous

ONE-FLOWERED PYROLA http: //1. bp. blogspot. com/_e. OHKz. Na. Oc. RI/Sl 4 V 9 CV 8 c. YI/AAAAA-4/x. Ww-ui. HZOx 8/s 400/oneflowered+pyrola+good. JPG Moneses uniflora § Plant grows 3 -10 cm tall § Round, basal leaves about 1 -2 cm § Leaf blade margin is finely toothed or subentire § Leafless stem § Single, white flower § Grows in damp woods and bogs

ONE-SIDED PYROLA Pyrola secunda § Leaves are elliptic to broadly ovate, 1. 5 -4 cm http: //www. ct-botanical-society. org/galleries/pics_o/orthiliasecu. jpg § Leaf blade margin is entire to crenate-serrate § Flower cluster a one-sided raceme of white flowers § Grows in moist woods and mossy bogs

PINK SHINLEAF Pyrola asarifolia § Basal leaves 3 -6 cm § Leaf blade margin is entire http: //farm 3. static. flickr. com/2534/3709189717_2 c 85618 ec 3_o. jpg § Pink, nodding flowers § Grows in moist woods and bogs

PIPSISSEWA Chimaphila umbellata https: //web. gsc. edu/fs/jhamilton/tumblingcreek/images/plants/wildflowers/chma 2553. jpg § Plant grows to 10 -30 cm § Sharply toothed leaves, 3 -6 cm § Leaves 3 -8 in whorls § Flower cluster with umbel-like pink flowers § Umbrella-shaped stigma § Grows in dry woods, esp. sandy soil

References Gleason, Henry A. , Cronquist, Arthur. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. 2 nd ed. New York botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. pp 213 -215. Walters, Dirk R. , Keil, David J. , Murrell, Zack E. 2006. Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 5 th ed. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa.