Pyrola chlorantha Sw.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Pyrolaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Lvs 1–3(–4) cm, often shorter than the petiole, obovate to broadly elliptic or subrotund, rounded to truncate at the summit, rounded to broadly cuneate at base but scarcely decurrent, seldom ± reduced or even wholly suppressed; scapes 1–2.5 dm, seldom with more than 10 fls; sep broadly ovate-triangular, broader than long, obtuse or subacute; pet 4–9 mm, white, ± veined with green; anther-tubes abruptly narrowed from the pollen sacs and of different color, prolonged 0.6–0.8 mm and usually separate, often curved; style declined; 2n=46. Dry woods; circumboreal, in Amer. s. to Md., W.Va., Ind., and the w. cordillera. June–Aug. (P. virens; P. oxypetala)