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Pyrola picta Sm. [FNA8, IFBC]
Ericaceae
white-vein wintergreen

Origin: Native

Voucher:WTU (view specimen records)

Notes: FNA8: "E. Haber (1987) concluded that Pyrola picta, P. aphylla, and P. dentata are morphotypes of a single, highly variable species, a finding consistent with seed morphology data compiled by Hiroshi Takahashi (1993). Leafless scapes frequently are found attached to rhizomes bearing leafy shoots (W. H. Camp 1940; Haber 1987). Putative hybrids between P. picta and P. chlorantha have been reported at three locations in the western United States (Haber 1993). Cladistic analyses of molecular and morphologic data suggest that P. picta is sister to P. chlorantha (J. V. Freudenstein 1999b), which also occasionally is leafless."

Literature:
» Haber, E. 1987. Variability, distribution, and systematics of Pyrola picta s.l. (Ericaceae) in western North America. Syst. Bot. 12: 324-335.

Photo © Ben Legler
(from WTU Image Collection)

Taxon treatment authored by Fred Weinmann; last updated 11/6/2009 by David Giblin
Synonyms
Pyrola aphylla Sm.
Pyrola conardiana Andres
Pyrola dentata Sm.   [H&C]
Pyrola dentata Sm. var. integra A. Gray
Pyrola paradoxa Andres
Pyrola picta Smith ssp. dentata (Smith) Piper
Pyrola picta Sm. ssp. integra (A. Gray) Piper
Pyrola picta Sm. var. dentata (Smith) Dorn
Pyrola septentrionalis Andres




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