Chimaphila

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Read about Chimaphila in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Chimaphila (Greek, winter loving; green in winter). Ericaceae. Pipsissewa. Perennial small plants, interesting for the white or pinkish flowers and the evergreen foliage, but little cultivated.

Half shrubby or herbaceous, with creeping st.: lvs. evergreen, serrate, in irregular whorls: fls. nodding, forming a terminal, few- fid, umbel, on a long naked peduncle; petals 5, spreading; stamens 10, the anthers opening with 2 pores at the apex, the filaments short, dilated; style short, with a peltate stigma.: fr. a dehiscent, deeply furrowed, 5-celled caps. with numerous minute seeds.— Four species in N. Amer., Eu., and N. Asia to Japan; formerly united with Pyrola. Low evergreen plants, with pretty white or reddish fls. in summer. They grow best in a light, sandy soil, mixed with peat or leaf-mold, and prefer a half-shady position. Prop. by division of the creeping rootstock. Useful in wild borders.



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