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Cryptic wintergreen

Pyrola crypta

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 5, February 4, March 5, April 6, May 6, June 4, July 10, August 6, September 5, October 5, November 6, December 5.
United States80
California56
Oregon18
Washington6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genuswintergreens · Pyrola

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cryptic wintergreen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.