[Pipsissewas and Prince's-pines: The Genus Chimaphila in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine

Chimaphila menziesii

Synonym: Pyrola menziesii

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Little prince's pine booming in coniferous forest along the northern portion of the loop of South Fork Tieton River Trail #1120 in upper South Fork Tieton basin, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest..........July 24, 2016.

Close-up sideview of the flower of Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

A close-up photo at left of the flower of little prince's pine as seen in coniferous forest along the old Champion Lumber Company Haul Road about 2 miles south of Leidl Park in the middle Klickitat River Gorge............June 10, 2012. The photo at right shows little prince's pine as seen along Spur Road 4440-160 on Joe's Point, about one-half mile east of the rock quarry, Mount Hood National Forest......July 9, 2022.

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Leaf of Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Close-up of a flower of Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Additional close-up photos of the leaves and flowers of little prince's pine as seen in coniferous forest along the old Champion Lumber Company Haul Road about 2 miles south of Leidl Park in the middle Klickitat River Gorge............June 10, 2012.

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Little prince's pine with northwestern twayblade (Neottia banksiana) as observed along the Butte Camp Trail #238A about one-third of a mile uphill from Butte Camp Meadows, Mt. St. Helens Volcanic National Monument........July 12, 2021.

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Little prince's pine as seen in old growth forest along the Ape Canyon Trail #234, Mount St. Helens National Monument.......July 13, 2016.

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Little pipsissewa as seen at left and center along the Don's Cutoff Trail (part of the Hamilton Mountain loop trails) in Beacon Rock State Park, western Columbia River Gorge..............April 23, 2011. The image at right shows little pipsissewa as seen along the Cedar Creek Trail #457, Mount Hood National Forest.....July 29, 2024.

Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii) - Little Pipsissewa, Little Prince's-pine, Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii (Synonym: Pyrola menziesii)

Little pipsissewa as seen at left along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........June 23, 2013. The photos at center and at right show little pipsissewa as seen along the Castle Rock Trail #3506, Willamette National Forest........June 24, 2018.


Paul Slichter