Biology:Pyrola elliptica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pyrola elliptica
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pyrola
Species:
P. elliptica
Binomial name
Pyrola elliptica

Pyrola elliptica, known as shinleaf, shinleaf pyrola, waxflower shinleaf, elliptic shineleaf and white wintergreen is a species of heath.[1]

Description

The plant has 5-petaled white flowers and somewhat elliptical leaves with petioles shorter than the blade.[2] It grows 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) tall in dry woods and forest, blooming from June through August.[3]

Range

This species' range includes most of southern Canada and the northern United States , as well as part of the southwestern States.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15387050 entry