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| THE WINTERGREEN FAMILY | |||||||||
| The wintergreens are usually herbs but a few species may be slightly woody. The stem is mostly leafless except for a few scale-like bracts. The leaves are on a short stem at the base of the plant and are generally described as basal. The leaves may or may not have leaf stalks and are commonly leathery. The leaf margin is usually smooth, though occasionally it is slightly toothed. The flowers are in unbranched clusters or are solitary at the top of the stem. The flowers usually have five sepals and petals and 10 stamens. The flowers are white, greenish or pinkish-purple. The fruit is a capsule which releases many seeds. | |||||||||
| LARGEFLOWERED WINTERGREEN | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Pyrola grandiflora | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Largeflowered wintergreen has a leafless stem except for the one ore more dry, membranous scales. The leaves are all basal and stalked. The leaf blades are shorter than to equalling the stalks in length. The leaves are round, leathery, and shiny above. The flowers are in a cluster at the top of the plant. The flowers are large and creamy white with a curved stigma. The fruit is a rounded capsule that opens from the base upwards. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Largeflowered wintergreen grows in moist, mossy, mixed or spruce woods. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in northern Saskatchewan in the Tazin Lake Upland and Selwyn Lake Upland ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Largeflowered wintergreen is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. No threats are known or anticipated for this species at the present time. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY LARGEFLOWERED WINTERGREEN | |||||||||
| * Are the leaves all at the base of the plant? * Are the flowers large and white? * Are the leaves rounded, leathery and shiny? * Did you find it in northern Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found largeflowered wintergreen! |
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