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Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C.Barton  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesChimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C.Barton 
BibliographyVeg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1(1): 17 (1817)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Central America
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude50-2900m
Descriptionleaves oblanceolate, tapered to narrow base, blade 3-7cm long, sharply serrate, flowers 5-15, in raceme, sepals crenate, petals 5-7mm long
Size5-40cm
Colorpink
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typesubshrub
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in early and late summer
SynonymsChimaphila acuta Rydb.
Chimaphila corymbosa Pursh
Chimaphila cymosa J.Presl & C.Presl
Chimaphila mexicana (DC.) Rydb.
Chimaphila occidentalis Rydb.
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. acuta (Rydb.) Hultén
Chimaphila umbellata var. acuta (Rydb.) S.F.Blake
Chimaphila umbellata f. albiflora H.Lindb. ex Hiitonen
Chimaphila umbellata f. americana Farw.
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (S.F.Blake) Hultén
Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica S.F.Blake
Chimaphila umbellata var. mexicana DC.
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. mexicana (DC.) Hultén
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis (Rydb.) Hultén
Chimaphila umbellata var. occidentalis (Rydb.) S.F.Blake
Pseva umbellata (L.) Kuntze
Pyrola corymbosa Bertol.
Pyrola frutescens Gilib.
Pyrola umbellata L.
Pyrola verticillata Sessé & Moc.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     36 China (CHM Manchuria)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., WVA West Virginia)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia)
     79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest)
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