- Moneses uniflora
Taxobox
name = Moneses uniflora
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ericales
familia =Ericaceae
subfamilia =Monotropoideae
genus = "Moneses"
species = "M. uniflora"
binomial = "Moneses uniflora"
binomial_authority = (L.) A.Gray , 1848"Moneses uniflora" (L.) Gray (One-flowered Wintergreen (Scotland); Single Delight; St. Olaf's Candlestick (Norway)) is a plant of the family of
Ericaceae , that is indigenous to moist coniferous forests in temperate regions of theNorthern Hemisphere from Spain to Japan and across North America. It is the sole member of genus "Moneses".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. Thesepal s are oval, separate and white-greenish. Flowering occurs from May to October. [cite web|title=Moneses uniflora|work=WTU Herbarium Image Collection |publisher=Burke Museum, University of Washington|url=http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Moneses&Species=uniflora|accessdate=2007-06-05]References
Footnotes
General references
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200016134 Flora of China]
* [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5669 Calflora]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOUN2 National Resource Conservation Service PLANTS Database]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3577,3578 Jepson Flora Project (1993)"]
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