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PLANTS

One-sided wintergreen

Orthilia secunda

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
One-sided wintergreen, photo 1 of 5
One-sided wintergreen, In flower
One-sided wintergreen, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests.

There are 2,769 observations of One-sided wintergreen in Québec, mostly in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine573
  2. Côte-Nord539
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean352
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent276
  5. Nord-du-Québec199
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue173
  7. Mauricie164
  8. Lanaudière113
  9. Capitale-Nationale105
  10. Laurentides96
  11. Outaouais69
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches57
  13. Montérégie26
  14. Estrie13
  15. Centre-du-Québec9
  16. Montréal4
  17. Laval1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains

Similar species

Lesser wintergreenPyrola minor
Elliptic shineleafPyrola elliptica
Green-flowered wintergreenPyrola chlorantha
Bog wintergreenPyrola asarifolia
WintergreenPyrola rotundifolia
TwinflowerLinnaea borealis
One-flowered shinleafMoneses uniflora
Common selfhealPrunella vulgaris
American WintergreenPyrola americana
Arctic wintergreenPyrola grandiflora
LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
TOXIC
European spindletreeEuonymus europaeus