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Plant Picture Guide

Acanthus - Akebia
Allium - Apios
Aquilegia - Asarum
Asclepias - Asimina
Aster - Atrichum
Bambusa - Campsis
Camptosorus - Chamaemelum
Chasmanthium - Coptis
Coreopsis - Dianthus
Dicentra - Erigeron
Eriophorum - Fragaria
Gaillardia - Hedyotis
Helianthus - Indocalamus
Iris - Lamium
Laportea - Lobelia
Lonicera - Maianthemum
Manfreda - Mimulus
Miscanthus
Mitchella - Onoclea
Ophiopogon - Osmunda
Pachysandra - Petasites
Phalaris - Philadelphus
Phlox
Phragmites
Phyllostachys
Physostegia - Polygonum
Polypodium - Potentilla
Prunus - Rhododendron
Rosa - Sasa
Sasaella - Scirpus
Sedum - Senecio
Shibataea - Stachys
Stokesia - Uvularia
Vaccinium - Vetiveria
Viburnum - Vinca
Viola - Zizia


Catalog as of February 04, 2010

Pyrola

(Pyrolaceae - wintergreen family)
About 12 species of evergreen perennial herbs of the north temperate zone

elliptica evgrn peren • ht 3"; fl stalks to 12" • zones 3-7

shinleaf; wild lily-of-the-valley

Pyrola elliptica


native, fragrant, rock garden, part shade - shade
N Amer, Japan

A common woodland plant. The rounded, glossy, evergreen leaves grow in a basal rosette. The small, bell-shaped, waxy-white flowers appear in June on upright stalks. These flowers are intensely fragrant; even though the plants and flowers are small, the fragrance can often be detected at some distance from the plants. The leaves, which contain a drug related to aspirin, have been applied to wounds as a poultice to relieve pain.

cat # 3U8E
$8.95 each / 3+, $8.50 ea