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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Pipsissewa at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Chimaphila maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-01-001:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chimaphila maculata
COMMON NAME:
Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Rat's Bane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chma3_001_lvd
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Steve Marlow snm079901_09
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
An acid soil indicator plant which grows at a pH of about 4.5, per Corneille Bryan Native Garden.
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Roxanna Martin rlm21911_194
February Spartanburg County SC
Capsule subglobose, splitting on the sutures from the apex to the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Steve Marlow snm160531_041
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm6410_345
June Spartanburg County SC
The 5 petals are white or pinkish; the stigma is rounded and green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_349
June Spartanburg County SC
Five sepals united at base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_351
June Spartanburg County SC
10 stamens each with a pair of conspicuous tubular anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_chimaphila_maculata_c
June
Small clusters of nodding waxy flowers at the top of the plant, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Tim Spira tps_cmaculalta5
June
Leaves dark green with a whitish stripe down the middle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120702_378b
July Greenville County SC
Leaves widest near the base with large distant teeth along the margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_maculata_1073
July Buncombe County NC
North Carolina Arboretum
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_264
July Spartanburg County SC
Although the flowers nod, the fruit capsule is erect, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Chimaphila maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-01-001:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chimaphila maculata
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Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Habitat: forests and woodlands, mostly rather xeric and acid, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p028
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p058
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p192
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p103
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p284
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p123
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p139
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p173
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p097
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p125
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p349
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p100
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p118
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p127