Orthilia secunda, commonly known as one-sided wintergreen or sidebells wintergreen, is a green flowering evergreen herb with a raceme of flowers all on one side of the plant. It is...
Posted by | July 9, 2024
Pyrola chlorantha, or green-flowered wintergreen, is a green flowering perennial herb in the heath family with widespread, circumboreal distribution. It contains methylsalicylate, giving it analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties with numerous...
Posted by | July 1, 2024
Moneses uniflora, commonly known as one-flowered wintergreen or single delight, is a small perennial herb with a single, nodding white flower. It thrives in forest environments and is widely distributed...
Posted by | June 21, 2024
Bog bilberry, also known as bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), is a low shrub that produces pink, urn-shaped flowers that develop into edible blueberries. These berries offer numerous health benefits, including...
Posted by | June 5, 2024
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) is a small, pink shrub, native to Alaska and circumpolar regions, thrives in wetlands and bogs. Learn about its distinguishing features such as the evergreen, rosemary-like...
Posted by | May 25, 2024
Chamaedaphne calyculata, commonly known as leatherleaf, is a small evergreen shrub that forms a terminal inflorescence of small, white, urn-shaped flowers and grows in boreal peatlands and black spruce muskeg.
Posted by | March 30, 2022
The lingonberry (or lowbush cranberry) is a small white or pink-flowering subshrub with berries that are very nutritious and are frequently made into a wide variety of food and drinks....