Ericaceae
Striped prince's pine
Chimaphila maculata
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Chimaphila
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 斑点喜冬草, 斑点梅笠草
- English
- Striped prince's pine, Spotted wintergreen
- Spanish
- Chimaza maculata
Synonyms
- Chimaphila acuminata (Lange) Rydb.
- Chimaphila costaricens Andres
- Chimaphila dasystemma Torr. ex Rydb.
- Chimaphila durandii Raf.
- Chimaphila guatemalensis Rydb.
- Chimaphila kochii Andres
- Chimaphila maculata subsp. kochii Andres
- Chimaphila maculata subsp. maculata
- Chimaphila maculata var. acuminata Lange
- Chimaphila maculata var. dasystemma (Torr. ex Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
- Pseva maculata (L.) Kuntze
- Pyrola durandii Raf.
- Pyrola maculata L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.