| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh |
| Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 300 (1813) |
| Native Range | se. Canada to Central America |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves petiolate, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate, coarsely serrate, acute to acuminate, inflorescence 2-5-flowered, calyx green, sepals ovate, petals laciniate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Chimaphila acuminata (Lange) Rydb Chimaphila dasystemma Torr. ex Rydb. Chimaphila guatemalensis Rydb. Chimaphila maculata var. acuminata Lange Chimaphila maculata var. dasystemma (Torr. ex Rydb.) Kearney & Pebbles Chimaphila maculata ssp. kochii Andres Pseva maculata (L.) Kuntze Pyrola durandii Raf. Pyrola maculata L. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, GUA Guatemala, HON Honduras, NIC Nicaragua, PAN Panamá) |