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Leafless wintergreen
Pyrola aphylla
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
white-veined wintergreenPyrola picta
bog wintergreenPyrola asarifolia
woodland pinedropsPterospora andromedea
spotted coralrootCorallorhiza maculata
pinesapMonotropa hypopitys
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,870 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,161 |
| Oregon | 339 |
| Washington | 229 |
| Canada | 154 |
| British Columbia | 154 |
| Idaho | 85 |
| Nevada | 35 |
| Kansas | 10 |
| Arizona | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales |
| Family | heath family · Ericaceae |
| Genus | wintergreens · Pyrola |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Leafless wintergreen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.