American Wintergreen

Pyrola americana Sweet - Shinleaf family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 10 inches

Plant Type: Subshrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink, Green

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Bombus

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.