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Family: Pyrolaceae
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.
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13 June 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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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) 
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16 June 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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3 December 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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3 December 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (dead seed head) 
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