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Chimaphila

Chimaphila (prince's pine or wintergreen; from Greek: cheima 'winter' and philos 'lover', hence 'winter lover') is a genus of five species of small, evergreen, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are classified in the family Ericaceae, but were formerly placed in the segregate family Pyrolaceae.

Species

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

striped wintergreen

speciesChimaphila maculata

pipsissewa

speciesChimaphila umbellata

Little Prince's Pine

speciesChimaphila menziesii

Japanese wintergreen

speciesChimaphila japonica

Chimaphila monticola

speciesChimaphila monticola

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

wintergreens in History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.512

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62232.