Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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
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 (6/30/18):
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrola americana
FAMILY
Pyrolaceae
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
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare in NC
Look for it in xeric to mesic woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette
Petioles 2-7cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to pinkish
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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