Orthilia secunda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Subfamily: | Pyroloideae |
Genus: | Orthilia |
Species: | O. secunda |
Binomial name | |
Orthilia secunda (L.) House |
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Synonyms | |
Pyrola secunda |
Pyrola secunda
Orthilia secunda is a flowering plant of the genus Orthilia in the family Ericaceae. It is the only member of the genus. Its common names are sidebells wintergreen,one-sided-wintergreen and serrated-wintergreen, and it was previously part of genus Pyrola, the wintergreens.
The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the northern Northern Hemisphere.