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Chimaphila menziesii
Also called Menzies' Pipsissewa, Menzies' Wintergreen, Little Prince's Plume, Little Pipsissewa
Little prince's pine is a small perennial wildflower of western North American conifer forests, growing under about 15 cm tall. It is a shade-loving woodland plant that is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes come mostly from its natural habitat.
Chimaphila menziesii, known by the common names little prince's pine and Little Pipsissewa, is a species of perennial wildflower in the heath family.
This plant is found scattered throughout the mountains of western North America where it grows in the understory of coniferous forests. It is native to the Western United States and Southwest Canada.
The plant was used to make treatments to break up kidney stones or gallstones; the name Pipsissewa likely derives from the Cree word pipsisikuweu ('it breaks into little pieces').
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chimaphila menziesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
