Wildflowers Found in Oregon

White-veined Wintergreen (White-veined Pyrola)

Pyrola picta - Common, all summer, perennial, 4-8 in. Erect flower stem from basal rosette of white veined leaves. Plants occasionally leafless. Leaves 204 in. long, egg-shaped, upper side dark green, underside often bluish when young. Flowers clustered on upper stem with short bent stalks and 5 white to greenish petals, sometimes tinted pink. Style protruding, curved downward. Grows in dry forests at low to high elevations. Picta means "brightly marked," in reference to the white-veined leaves. Native.