General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 2 to 8 inches
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
White
Other: Greenish-white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Various insects

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Common names
  • Sidebells Wintergreen
  • One-Sided Wintergreen
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Orthilia secunda
  • Synonym: Pyrola secunda

Photo Gallery
Location: Soldier Fork, Millcreek Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2017-08-06

Date: 2012-07-06
Credit NPS Jacob W. Frank
Location: MPG North, Montana, USA - photo credit Rebecca Durham, used with permission
Date: 2013-07-09
Basal leaves
Location: MPG Ranch, Montana,  USA 
Date: 2013-08-12
Photo credit Rebecca Durham, MPG North, used with permission.
Location: MPG Ranch, Montana, USA
Date: 2013-07-09
Flower cluster, photo by Rebecca Durham, MPG North, used with per
Location: MPG Ranch, Montana,  USA
Date: 2013-08-28
Stems, leaves, bracts. Photographer Rebecca Durham, MPG North, us
Location: Kananaskis Country, eastern slope Rocky Mountains, Alberta.
Date: 2014-07-26
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: MPG Ranch, Montana,  USA
Date: 2013-07-09
Flower close up, photographer Rebecca Durham, MPG North, used wit
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez
Location: Kananaskis Country, eastern slope Rocky Mountains, Alberta.
Date: 2014-06-29
Location: Mount Rainier National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Peyto Lake (spelling?),  Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Location: Peyto Lake (spelling?),  Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Photos (5)of Orthilia secunda by greene Jul 27, 2014 8:35 PM 0
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