Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pyrola at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrola americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Pyrola americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-02-001:
Pyrola rotundifolia var. americana FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyrola americana
COMMON NAME:
Rounded Shinleaf, Roundleaf Pyrola, American Wintergreen
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pyam_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrola americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Pyrola americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-02-001:
Pyrola rotundifolia var. americana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyrola americana
3300
Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric to mesic woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette
Petioles 2-7cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to pinkish
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p142
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p119
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