Orthilia
| Orthilia secunda | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pyroloideae |
| Genus: | Orthilia |
| Species: | O. secunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthilia secunda (L.) House | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pyrola secunda | |
Orthilia secunda is a flowering plant of the genus Orthilia in the family Ericaceae. It is the only member of the genus.[1][2][3] Its common names are sidebells wintergreen,[1] one-sided-wintergreen and serrated-wintergreen,[2] and it was previously part of genus Pyrola, the wintergreens.
The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the northern Northern Hemisphere.
References
- 1 2 "Orthilia secunda L.". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Orthilia secunda L.". GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Lone Pine Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 1-55105-042-0.
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