Ericaceae
White-vein wintergreen
Pyrola picta
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Pyrola
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- White-vein wintergreen, Whiteveined wintergreen, Whitevein shinleaf
- Swedish
- Marmorpyrola
Synonyms
- Pyrola blanda Andres
- Pyrola chimoides Greene
- Pyrola conardiana Andres
- Pyrola paradoxa Andres
- Pyrola picta f. picta
- Pyrola picta subsp. integra (A.Gray) Piper
- Pyrola picta subsp. picta
- Pyrola septentrionalis Andres
- Pyrola sparsifolia Suksd.
- Thelaia aphylla (Sm.) Alef.
- Thelaia spathulata Alef.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: giulia.sbrizza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bob Patton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Pyrola
- Common wintergreenPyrola minorEricaceae
- Round-leaved wintergreenPyrola rotundifoliaEricaceae
- Greenflowered wintergreenPyrola chloranthaEricaceae
- Intermediate wintergreenPyrola mediaEricaceae
- Liverleaf wintergreenPyrola asarifoliaEricaceae
- Largeflowered wintergreenPyrola grandifloraEricaceae
- Pyrola japonicaEricaceae
- Pyrola renifoliaEricaceae
- Waxflower shinleafPyrola ellipticaEricaceae
- Pyrola nephrophyllaEricaceae
- Pyrola alpinaEricaceae
- Pyrola faurieanaEricaceae
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.