XSingle Delight (Moneses uniflora)X
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Single Delight -or- One-flowered Wintergreen -or- St. Olaf's Candlestick (Moneses uniflora), family Pyrolaceae (Wintergreen)
This tiny beauty is a charmer and inspiration of many names. It is classed in the wintergreen family and is also in places shown as a member of the heath family, Ericaceae.Flower
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Plant location: Sighted hiking Butler Gultch, Colorado. August 10, 2014. The plants are widespread but easily overlooked due to their tiny size. In the United States: AK , AZ , CA , CO , CT , ID , MA , ME , MI , MN , MT , NH , NM , NV , NY , OH , OR , PA , RI , SD , UT , VT , WA , WI , WY. Canada: NB , NL , NS , ON , PE , QCPlant
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Bloom season: June through August.Foliage
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