Moneses uniflora
 
One-Flowered Wintergreen

Whole Plant in Ground

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
10-July-2011

A dehisced capsule from the previous year can be seen in this photo.

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Moneses: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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plants with leaves in a basal rosette; NOT [plants with leafy stems]

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flowers borne singly; NOT [flowers in a raceme], NOT [plants with corymbose inflorescence]

 

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Pyrolaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family.  Not all the answers apply to all members of this family, but they do all apply to M. uniflora
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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terrestrial plants; NOT [mud plants with small axillary flowers], NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

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plants NOT with colored milky juice

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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leaves opposite, whorled, or basal; NOT [some or all leaves alternate]

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plants WITHOUT large petal-like bracts

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flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others

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petals 5; NOT [petals 4 or 6]

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stamens 10; NOT [stamens 12]

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styles single; NOT [styles 2 or more]

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ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]