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Chimaphila menziesii

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is a short flower with a slender reddish stem not exceeding 15 centimeters. The leaves are lance-shaped and a leathery rich green with light veins and tiny widely spaced teeth along the edges.
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atop the stem produces hanging flowers on long stalks. Each flower is white to dark pink, with spreading petals around a thick center. A ring of
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The plant was used to make treatments to break up kidney stones or gallstones; the name Pipsissewa likely derives from the
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This plant is found scattered throughout the mountains of western North America where it grows in the understory of
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with a large buttonlike stigma. It is similar to, but smaller than, its relative the prince's pine,
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Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides)
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Ericales
Ericaceae
Chimaphila
Binomial name
R.Br.
D. Don
Spreng.
heath family
coniferous forests
inflorescence
stamens
ovary
Chimaphila umbellata
Cree
"Plants Profile for Chimaphila menziesii (little prince's pine)"
Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides)
586
ISBN
0-394-73127-1
Jepson Manual Treatment
Ecology
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