| Orthilia secunda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pyroloideae |
| Genus: | Orthilia |
| Species: | O. secunda |
| Binomial name | |
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Orthilia secunda (L.) House |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyrola secunda |
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Pyrola secunda
Orthilia secunda is a flowering plant of the genus Orthilia in the family Ericaceae. It is the only member of the genus. Its common names are sidebells wintergreen,one-sided-wintergreen and serrated-wintergreen, and it was previously part of genus Pyrola, the wintergreens.
The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the northern Northern Hemisphere.