Chimaphila menziesii
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Chimaphila menziesii is a species of perennial wildflower in the heath family
known by the common name little prince's pine. This is a short flower with a slender reddish stem not exceeding 15 centimeters. The leaves are lance-shaped and a leathery rich green with light veins and tiny widely-spaced teeth along the edges. The inflorescence
atop the stem produces hanging flowers on long stalks. Each flower is white to dark pink, with spreading petals around a thick center. A ring of stamen
s with large tubular anthers surrounds an ovary
with a large buttonlike stigma. This plant is found scattered throughout the mountains of western North America where it grows in the understory of coniferous forests. It is similar to, but smaller than, its relative the prince's pine, Chimaphila umbellata
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Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
known by the common name little prince's pine. This is a short flower with a slender reddish stem not exceeding 15 centimeters. The leaves are lance-shaped and a leathery rich green with light veins and tiny widely-spaced teeth along the edges. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
atop the stem produces hanging flowers on long stalks. Each flower is white to dark pink, with spreading petals around a thick center. A ring of stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s with large tubular anthers surrounds an ovary
Gynoecium
Gynoecium is most commonly used as a collective term for all carpels in a flower. A carpel is the ovule and seed producing reproductive organ in flowering plants. Carpels are derived from ovule-bearing leaves which evolved to form a closed structure containing the ovules...
with a large buttonlike stigma. This plant is found scattered throughout the mountains of western North America where it grows in the understory of coniferous forests. It is similar to, but smaller than, its relative the prince's pine, Chimaphila umbellata
Chimaphila umbellata
Chimaphila umbellata is a small perennial flowering plant found in dry woodlands, or sandy soils. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere....
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