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Leaves bright green, broadest near tips, to 3 

 inches long, in 3-8 whorllike clusters; stems 

 yellowish green, to 1 foot high; bud scales narrow, 

 soon falling; flowers 3-9; common e. Oreg., e. 

 Wash.; type locality, Pine Creek valley, near 

 Farmington, Latah Co., Idaho 

 western pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata 



var. occidentalis). 

 Leaves dark green, sometimes white-mottled 

 along veins, broadest at or below middle, to 2 

 inches long, often with only 1 whorllike cluster of 

 3, other leaves opposite or scattered; stems often 

 dark reddish, to 4 inches high; bud scales broad, 

 persistent; flowers 1-3; less common, e. Oreg., e. 

 Wash.; type locality, nw. coast of America. 

 Menzies pipsissewa (Chimaphila menziesii). 



F-494109 



F-481825 



Western pipsissewa 



F-481826 



Menzies pipsissewa 



