Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.
Habitat: Wooded areas, mostly coniferous forest, low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Low semi-shrubs from slender rhizomes, the stems only slightly woody, 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves in whorls on the stem, oblanceolate, tapered to narrow, acute bases, the blades 3-7 cm. long and 0.5-2.5 cm. broad, sharply serrate, leathery, evergreen; petioles 3-7 mm. long.
Flowers 5-15 in a short raceme, the peduncles 5-10 cm. long, the pedicels usually puberulent and glandular; sepals 5, nearly distinct, denticulate; petals 5, distinct, 5-7 mm. long, rose to pinkish, spreading, concave, nearly orbicular; stamens 10, the swollen bases of the filaments with a few marginal hairs but not generally hairy.
Capsule 5-celled.
Publication: Veg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1: 17. 1817.
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ssp. umbellata – Pipsissewa, common prince's-pine
Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Chimaphila umbellata in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Chimaphila umbellata checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Chimaphila umbellata information.
E-Flora BC: Chimaphila umbellata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Chimaphila umbellata photos.
USDA Plants: Chimaphila umbellata information.
