Plants Profile for Pyrola chlorantha (greenflowered wintergreen)

General Information
Symbol:	PYCH
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Pyrolaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Subshrub
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 669. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 670. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PYCHC	Pyrola chlorantha Sw. var. convoluta (W. Bartram) Fernald
PYCHP	Pyrola chlorantha Sw. var. paucifolia Fernald
PYCHR	Pyrola chlorantha Sw. var. revoluta Jennings
PYCO3	Pyrola convoluta W.P.C. Barton
PYOX	Pyrola oxypetala Austin ex A. Gray
PYVI3	Pyrola virens Schreb.
PYVIC	Pyrola virens Schreb. var. convoluta (W. Bartram) Fernald
PYVIS	Pyrola virens Schreb. var. saximontana Fernald

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Pyrolaceae – Shinleaf family
Genus	Pyrola L. – wintergreen
Species	Pyrola chlorantha Sw. – greenflowered wintergreen

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Indiana Pyrola virens greenish-flowered wintergreen Extirpated
Maryland Pyrola virens greenish-flowered pyrola Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey greenish-flower wintergreen Endangered
Ohio green-flowered wintergreen Endangered
Rhode Island green pyrola Special Concern

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FACU
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU