| Accepted name: |
Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Barton ssp. umbellata |
| Synonym(s): |
-Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.Barton ssp. occidentalis (Rydb.) Hulten
-Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.Barton ssp. cisatlantica (S.F.Blake) Hulten
-Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.Barton var. occidentalis (Rydb.) Blake
-Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.Barton var. cisatlantica Blake
-Chimaphilla corymbosa Pursh
-Pyrola umbellata L.
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| English names: |
Common Pipsissewa
Common Pipsissewa
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| French names: |
Chimaphille à ombelles
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Pyrolaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WCHIUMU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Powdered leaves mixed with bark from another plant and used as snuff for nasal inflammation(3)(*3). |
| Key Characters: |
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