Chimaphila maculata

Striped Wintergreen, Spotted Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - July
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: July - October

Striped Wintergreen's green leaves may be either striped or spotted, hence the ambiguity in its common name. The leaves and growth habit slightly resemble true Wintergreen, but it's not in the same family and doesn't have true Wintergreen's distinctive odor.

13 June 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	16 June 2012 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (each of this specimen's leaves are approx. 2-5 cm, and the flower stem is approx. 10 cm high)	16 June 2012 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
14 June 2019 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	14 June 2019 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	18 June 2022 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	18 June 2022 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
18 June 2022 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	29 June 2024 North River Mills, Ice Mountain, WV (mosquitos feeding on nectar)	3 December 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	3 December 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (dried seed head)

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