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Pyrolaceae. The Shinleaf Family. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/DwPinkwintergreen.jpg/250px-DwPinkwintergreen.jpg. http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photos/2orse.jpg. http://www.prairie-elements.ca/images/chimaphila.jpg. Pyrolaceae
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Pyrolaceae The Shinleaf Family http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/DwPinkwintergreen.jpg/250px-DwPinkwintergreen.jpg http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photos/2orse.jpg http://www.prairie-elements.ca/images/chimaphila.jpg
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 Monesesuniflora • 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 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eOHKzNaOcRI/Sl4V9CV8cYI/AAAAAAAAA-4/xWw-uiHZOx8/s400/one-flowered+pyrola+good.JPG
ONE-SIDED PYROLA Pyrolasecunda • Leaves are elliptic to broadly ovate, 1.5-4 cm • Leaf blade margin is entire to crenate-serrate • Flower cluster a one-sided raceme of white flowers • Grows in moist woods and mossy bogs http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/pics_o/orthiliasecu.jpg
PINK SHINLEAF Pyrolaasarifolia • Basal leaves 3-6 cm • Leaf blade margin is entire • Pink, nodding flowers • Grows in moist woods and bogs http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3709189717_2c85618ec3_o.jpg
PIPSISSEWA Chimaphilaumbellata • 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 https://web.gsc.edu/fs/jhamilton/tumblingcreek/images/plants/wildflowers/chma2553.jpg
References Gleason, Henry A., Cronquist, Arthur. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. 2nd ed. New York botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. pp 213-215. Walters, Dirk R., Keil, David J., Murrell, Zack E. 2006. Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 5th ed. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa.