...Variable
...Dry
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Read more about Pipsissewa at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 145-01-001:
Chimaphila maculata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Spotted Wintergreen
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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.