North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Ericaceae > Chimaphila (pipsissewa, wintergreen, prince's pine)
	Spotted Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine (Chimaphila maculata) Cumberland Co., NC 4 June 2006 Common statewide in upland forests, leaves of this taxon have whitish veins and are broadest below the middle (lanceolate).
	Spotted Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine (Chimaphila maculata) Cumberland Co., NC 4 June 2006
	Spotted Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine (Chimaphila maculata) Cumberland Co., NC 4 June 2006

	Prince's Pine, Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata) Missoula Co., MT 19 July 2013 Common in the northern and western United States, Pipsissewa in uncommon to rare in the eastern half of North Carolina.
	Prince's Pine, Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata) Missoula Co., MT 19 July 2013
	Prince's Pine, Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata) Missoula Co., MT 19 July 2013 Leaves are all dark green and are broadest above the middle (oblanceolate).

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.