Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen, also called striped wintergreen, striped prince's pine, spotted pipsissewa, ratsbane, or rheumatism root) is a small (10–25 cm tall), perennial evergreen herb native to eastern North America and Central America, from southern Quebec west to Illinois, and south to Florida and Panama.
Form | shrub |
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Form | Forb |
Fruit type | Capsule |
Fruit season | Fall, Summer |
Leaf arrangement | Alternate, whorled |
Simple/compound | Simple |
Evergreen or deciduous | Evergreen |
Leaf shape | Lanceolate |
Leaf margin | Serrated |
Flower color | white |
Bloom time | Spring, Summer |