Pyrola picta
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Pyrola picta, commonly called white-veined wintergreen or whitevein shinleaf, is a perennial
herb in the heath family
. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to the southwestern United States.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
herb in the heath family
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...
. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to the southwestern United States.