Burke: Chimaphila umbellata

	Chimaphila umbellata
	common Pipsissewa, prince's-pine
Habit	Low semi-shrubs from slender rhizomes, the stems only slightly woody, 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves in whorls on the stem, oblanceolate, tapered to narrow, acute bases, the blades 3-7 cm. long and 0.5-2.5 cm. broad, sharply serrate, leathery, evergreen; petioles 3-7 mm. long.
Flowers	Flowers 5-15 in a short raceme, the peduncles 5-10 cm. long, the pedicels usually puberulent and glandular; sepals 5, nearly distinct, denticulate; petals 5, distinct, 5-7 mm. long, rose to pinkish, spreading, concave, nearly orbicular; stamens 10, the swollen bases of the filaments with a few marginal hairs but not generally hairy.
Fruits	Capsule 5-celled.

	Chimaphila umbellata
Flowering time	June-August
Habitat	Wooded areas, mostly coniferous forest, low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	C. menziesii
Subordinate taxa	C. umbellata ssp. umbellata
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Chimaphila umbellata

common Pipsissewa, prince's-pine

Habit

Low semi-shrubs from slender rhizomes, the stems only slightly woody, 1-3 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves in whorls on the stem, oblanceolate, tapered to narrow, acute bases, the blades 3-7 cm. long and 0.5-2.5 cm. broad, sharply serrate, leathery, evergreen;

petioles 3-7 mm. long.

Flowers

Flowers 5-15 in a short raceme, the peduncles 5-10 cm. long, the pedicels usually puberulent and glandular;

sepals 5, nearly distinct, denticulate;

petals 5, distinct, 5-7 mm. long, rose to pinkish, spreading, concave, nearly orbicular;

stamens 10, the swollen bases of the filaments with a few marginal hairs but not generally hairy.

Fruits

Capsule 5-celled.

Chimaphila umbellata

Flowering time

June-August

Habitat

Wooded areas, mostly coniferous forest, low to middle elevations in the mountains.

Distribution

Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa

C. menziesii

Subordinate taxa

C. umbellata ssp. umbellata

Web links