Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Pyrola picta is a perennial herb that can be recognized even when not in flower by its shiny, dark green basal leaves with the veins colored in white and purplish red petioles. The pink and green flowers are held above the leaves on a scape. The style takes off at angle from the ovary and there is a collar just below the stigma. The fruit is a loculicidal five valved capsule that looks like a chinese lantern when open. Pyrola picta is found in the shadows of upper elevation dark forests.
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Pyrola picta, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, closeup of basal leaves, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, macro of collar below stigma, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, macro of deflexed stigma, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, intact loculicidal capsules, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, open loculicidal capsules, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone Trailhead on Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pyrola picta, DAZ herbarium, Allen Campbell collector, October 25, 1964, McKenna Park trail
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