Question: I wonder if you can help ID this plant. It looks like a Pyrola, but it's not Pyrola americana (the …
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I wonder if you can help ID this plant. It looks like a Pyrola, but it's not Pyrola americana (the leaves are distinctly different) and the leaf stalks seem too long to be P. elliptica. There are a few individual plants growing in an area in Dedham and I've been waiting for it to flower for about 5 years now to help with ID, but that hasn't happened (so I can't send you a flower photo). Could the pinkish coloring of the leaf stalk be characteristic for species ID?
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Dear stephradner, your plant certainly appears to be a species of Pyrola. Leaf blade to petiole dimensions are sometimes skewed from normal in shaded plants. I can't see the outline of the leaf blades well in your image, but these plants may well be Pyrola elliptica (growing in shade). Best wishes.
