Pyrola elliptica, known as shinleaf, shinleaf pyrola, waxflower shinleaf, elliptic shineleaf and white wintergreen is a species of heath.

[1] The plant has 5-petaled white flowers and somewhat elliptical leaves with petioles shorter than the blade.

[2] It grows 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) tall in dry woods and forest, blooming from June through August.

[3] This species' range includes most of southern Canada and the northern United States, as well as part of the southwestern States.

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