Element: Earth and Air
Planet: Jupiter
Energy: Feminine/Receptive
Properties: Money, spirit calling, luck, manifestation, banishment
Folk names: False Wintergreen, Ground Holly, Price's Pine, Princess Pine
Botanical Name: Chimaphila umbellata
Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata) is a native Adirondack wildflower which produces a cluster of pink or white flowers in July, followed by colorful deep pink fruit capsules in August and September. Pipsissewa is also known as Prince's Pine. It is a member of the Pyrola family. Other common names for Pipsissewa include Waxflower, Common Pipsissewa, Noble Prince's-Pine, and Bitter Wintergreen.
The name Chimaphila is from the Greek cheima, meaning "winter weather" – a reference to the fact that the plant is evergreen, with leaves persisting through winter.
Identification of Pipsissewa
Pipsissewa is an evergreen plant classified as a subshrub. It grows four to ten inches high. The erect stems are slender and woody. Each year's growth puts out a few new branches, which eventually root and form mats.
The lance-shaped evergreen leaves of Pipsissewa are dark green and glossy. The leaves are one to two inches long and about a half inch wide; they are whorled with distinct sharp teeth along the edges.
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