Chimaphila umbellata - photos and description

Saskatchewan's Wildflowers

Native to dry soil in coniferous forest. Leaves are glossy deep green, oblanceolate, in whorls, typically 5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Leaf margins have many small, sharp teeth. Flower stems produce 5 or 6 small reddish pink flowers in July. Flowers are1.5 cm in diameter.

Growth habit is rhizomatous with decumbent stems.

Took the above photos July 24th in Lodgepole pine forest in the Cypress Hills, about 450 km SW of our home in Regina, SK.

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