Scientific Name
Pyrola elliptica
Common Name
Shinleaf
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
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Height:
5 to 10 inches
Flower/fruit:
Small, nodding, waxy, fragrant greenish white flowers with five petals; long curving pistils, red stemlets, green veins
Flowering Season:
Summer into fall
Foliage:
Elliptical, rounded-end leaves up to 3 inches; blade is longer than petiole
Site:
Woods
Comments:
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