Question: Hi, I found these white flowers with the green leaves and white stripe in a partly shaded dry area of …
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Hi, I found these white flowers with the green leaves and white stripe in a partly shaded dry area of the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, MA on July 14. Can you identify please?
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Dear BrooklineBiker, the plant pictured is Chimaphila maculata (spotted prince's-pine), a native member of the heath family that, while common in MA, reaches its northern limit in southern and coastal Maine. It is most frequent in deciduous and mixed evergreen-deciduous forests.
