Moneses
| Moneses | |
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| Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pyroloideae |
| Genus: | Moneses Salisb. ex Gray |
| Species: | M. uniflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Moneses uniflora | |
Moneses uniflora, the one-flowered wintergreen (British Isles),[1] single delight, wax-flower,[2] shy maiden, star of Bethlehem (Aleutians)[3] or St. Olaf's candlestick (Norway), is a plant of the family of Ericaceae, that is indigenous to moist coniferous forests in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere from Spain to Japan and across North America. It is the sole member of genus Moneses.
A perennial herb with a slender rhizome, the leaves are basal or low, oval-elliptic to obovate, from 10 to 30 mm in diameter, with small teeth. The petiole is shorter than the leaf diameter. Each stem terminates in a nodding, fragrant flower on a stem from 30 to 170 mm high. The corolla has a diameter of 15 to 25 mm. The spreading five white petals are slightly rumpled. The sepals are oval, separate and white-greenish. Flowering occurs from May to October.[4]
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Rhizomatous growth
References
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Pojar, Jim; MacKinnon, Andy (2004). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Vancouver, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 1-55105-530-9.
- ^ "SINGLE DELIGHT, SHY MAIDEN (LOCALLY STAR OF BETHLEHEM)". Alutiiq Museum Archaeological Repository. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Moneses uniflora". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
External links
Media related to Moneses uniflora at Wikimedia Commons- Calflora
- Jepson Flora Project (1993)
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