Pyrola secunda Orthilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.

[5] The plant has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere.

The American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, belongs to a different genus.

Mycorrhizal fungi obtain carbon through the roots of nearby trees.

[8] The Southern Carrier of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada use a strong decoction of the root as an eyewash.