OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica   FAMILY Pyrolaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Chimaphila umbellata ssp. umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-01-002:

Chimaphila umbellata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chimaphila corymbosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Prince's-pine


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image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_091

        

image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190721_143518

July    Somerset County    ME

image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190721_143551

July    Somerset County    ME

Leaves to 4" long, sharply toothed, oblong-lance-shaped, leathery and solidly glossy green, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190721_143607

July    Somerset County    ME

4-8 whitish to waxy-pink flowers with 5 spreading concave petals, borne on short nodding stalks, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

Penny Longhurst    pen_20160922_123340

September    Oxford County    ME

Appalachian National Scenic Trail Corridor

Fruit a ribbed, round capsule on an erect to recurved stalk, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica, Prince's-pine

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220927_090004

September    Keweenaw County    MI

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica   FAMILY Pyrolaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-01-002:
Chimaphila umbellata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chimaphila corymbosa

 

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318

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests and woodlands, mostly rather xeric and acid, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate or whorled
Leaves have short petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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