Index / Search / Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis
§1 Plant — subspecies · Pyrolaceae
Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C. Barton ssp. occidentalis (Rydb.) Hultén
vernacular pipsissewa
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Pyrolaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Chimaphila
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 21 of 56 Montana counties.
- Beaverhead 30001
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHUMO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7558122 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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