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one-flower moneses, one-flower wintergreen, one-flower-shinleaf, single-delight, wood-nymph

Habit Plants arising from horizontal roots, 0.3–3 dm.
Leaves

petiole 5–20(–30) mm, channeled adaxially, glabrous;

blade dull and light green abaxially, shiny and green adaxially, 6–22 × 5–20 mm, base rounded to obtuse, apex obtuse to rounded.

Inflorescences

peduncle 3–15 cm;

peduncular bracts absent or 1(–2), oblanceolate to elliptic or orbiculate, (2.5–)4–4.5 × (2–)2.7–3.4 mm, membranous, margins entire or obscurely erose-denticulate.

Flowers

calyx lobes spreading or reflexed in fruit, green or green with margins whitish green, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm, margins erose-denticulate, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals ovate to broadly ovate, 8–12 × 4–8 mm, margins minutely denticulate;

stamens 4–8 mm;

filament base 0.4–0.8 mm wide;

anthers 2.2–2.5 mm, thecae whitish yellow to tan or light brown, tubules golden brown to brown, 0.4–0.8 mm, abruptly narrowed from thecae, lateral walls not touching, pores 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.4 mm;

ovary smooth;

style 2–5 mm;

stigma 1.4–3.5 mm wide, lobes erect.

Capsules

subglobose, 4–8 × 5–9 mm.

2n

= 22, 24, 26, 32.

Moneses uniflora

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist forests, bogs
Elevation 10-3500 m (0-11500 ft)
Distribution
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AK; AZ; CA; CO; CT; ID; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; RI; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Eurasia
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Discussion

Most chromosome counts are 2n = 26; there are reports of 2n = 22, 24, and 32 (Á. Löve and D. Löve 1975b). The veracity of the latter reports has not been confirmed. Moneses uniflora has been used by different Native American tribes as a dermatological aid, cold remedy, throat aid, and analgesic (D. E. Moerman 1998).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 384.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Monotropoideae > Moneses
Synonyms Pyrola uniflora, M. uniflora subsp. reticulata, M. uniflora var. reticulata
Name authority (Linnaeus) A. Gray: Manual, 273. (1848)
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