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 6inches-12inchesin (-in) 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.[4]