Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah.
Habitat: Coniferous forests at moderate to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah.
Habitat: Coniferous forests at moderate to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Low semi-shrubs from slender rhizomes, the stems only slightly woody, 5-15 cm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves mostly whorled on the stem, lanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapered to narrow, acute bases; blades 2-6 cm. long, sharply serrate to entire, leathery, evergreen; petioles 5-8 mm. long.
Flowers: Flowers 1-3 in umbels, the peduncles 2-8 cm. long; sepals 5, nearly distinct, lacerate; petals 5, distinct, spreading, 5-7 mm. long, pinkish, concave, nearly orbicular; stamens 10, the filaments hairy on the swollen, obcordate lower portion; anthers awnless, inverted, opening by terminal pores on short tubes; ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule 5-celled.
General: Low semi-shrubs from slender rhizomes, the stems only slightly woody, 5-15 cm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves mostly whorled on the stem, lanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapered to narrow, acute bases; blades 2-6 cm. long, sharply serrate to entire, leathery, evergreen; petioles 5-8 mm. long.
Flowers: Flowers 1-3 in umbels, the peduncles 2-8 cm. long; sepals 5, nearly distinct, lacerate; petals 5, distinct, spreading, 5-7 mm. long, pinkish, concave, nearly orbicular; stamens 10, the filaments hairy on the swollen, obcordate lower portion; anthers awnless, inverted, opening by terminal pores on short tubes; ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule 5-celled.
Accepted Name:
Chimaphila menziesii (R. Br. ex D. Don) Spreng.Synonyms:
Pyrola menziesii R. Br.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Chimaphila menziesii
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Chimaphila menziesii specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Chimaphila menziesii specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Chimaphila menziesii treatment.
E-Flora BC: Chimaphila menziesii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Chimaphila menziesii images.
USDA Plants Database: Chimaphila menziesii.
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