White veined Wintergreen
Also called: whitevein shinleaf
(Pyrola picta)

Note: The Latin word "picta" means "painted or variegated". (see the leaves below)









There are eight different Pyrola species found in Oregon:
1. Leafless Wintergreen: (Pyrola aphylla)

2. Large Pyrola, Liverleaf Wintergreen, (Pink Pyrola or Pyrola asarifolia)

3. Greenish Wintergreen, Greenflowered Wintergreen, Green-flowered Wintergreen: (Pyrola chlorantha)

4. Toothed Wintergreen: (Pyrola dentate)

5. Lesser Wintergreen, Snowline Pyrola: (Pyrola minor)

6. White Pyrola, White-veined Wintergreen: (Pyrola picta)

7. Sidebells Pyrola: (Orthilia secunda)
8. Woodnymph, Single Delight: (Moneses uniflora)

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