| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C.Barton |
| Synonyms | Pyrola umbellata L. |
| Chimaphila acuta Rydb. | |
| Chimaphila corymbosa Pursh | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 50-2900m |
| Description | leaves oblanceolate, tapered to narrow base, blade 3-7cm long, sharply serrate, flowers 5-15, in raceme, sepals crenate, petals 5-7mm long |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Manchuria ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , West Virginia ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Delaware , Maryland , North Carolina , Virginia , District of Columbia ) Mexico (Mexico Central , Mexico Northeast , Mexico Gulf , Mexico Northwest) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
umbellata domingensis (S.F.Blake) Dorr, Sida 11: 370 (1986)
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