Moneses

Moneses uniflora, the one-flowered wintergreen (British Isles),[1] single delight, wax-flower,[2] shy maiden, star of Bethlehem (Aleutians)[3], St. Olaf's candlestick (Norway), wood nymph, or frog's reading lamp,[4] is a plant of the family of Ericaceae, that is indigenous to moist coniferous forests in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere from Spain to Japan and across North America. It is the sole member of genus Moneses.

For the Parthian nobleman, see Monaeses.

Moneses
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Pyroloideae
Genus: Moneses
Salisb. ex Gray
Species:
M. uniflora
Binomial name
Moneses uniflora

A perennial herb with a slender rhizome, the leaves are basal or low, oval-elliptic to obovate, from 10 to 30 mm in diameter, with small teeth. The petiole is shorter than the leaf diameter. Each stem terminates in a nodding, fragrant flower on a stem from 30 to 170 mm high. The corolla has a diameter of 15 to 25 mm. The spreading five white petals are slightly rumpled. The sepals are oval, separate and white-greenish. Flowering occurs from May to October.[5]

  • Rhizomatous growth

References
  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. Pojar, Jim; MacKinnon, Andy (2004). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Vancouver, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 1-55105-530-9.
  3. "SINGLE DELIGHT, SHY MAIDEN (LOCALLY STAR OF BETHLEHEM)". Alutiiq Museum Archaeological Repository. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. Garbaldi, Ann (1999). Medicinal Flora of the Alaska Natives. Anchorage, Alaska, United States: Alaska Natural Heritage Program. p. 104.
  5. "Moneses uniflora". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2007-06-05.


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