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Cryptic Pyrola

Pyrola crypta

Also called Cryptic Wintergreen

Cryptic Pyrola
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Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Canada to N. & NW. California
Climate
temperate

About

Pyrola crypta, commonly known as cryptic wintergreen, is a perennial herb in the heath family.

Where it grows

Pyrola crypta is endemic to western North America. It is found in Washington, Oregon, and northern California, in the Olympic Peninsula, the Cascade Range, the Klamath region, and the northern coast of California.

Other Pyrola plants

American wintergreen · Liverleaf wintergreen · Greenflowered wintergreen · Tooth Leaved Wintergreen · Waxflower shinleaf · Largeflowered wintergreen · Intermediate Wintergreen · Snowline wintergreen · Whiteveined wintergreen · Round-leaved wintergreen · Pyrola rugosa · Wintergreen

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrola crypta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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