Scientific Name
Pyrola elliptica

Common Name
Shinleaf
Life Cycle: --

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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