Chimaphila umbellata

Prince's pine, Prince's Pine

Family: Ericaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Prince's pine is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, and Modoc Plateau in dry conifer forests at elevations of 300 to 2,900 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces distinctive pink to red flowers with hairy filament bases. Growing with stout stems less than 30 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters of leaves. Its leaves are arranged with several per node, measuring 3 to 7 centimeters long, with prominent toothed edges toward the leaf tips. The plant's glandular-hairy inflorescence and delicate pink-red blossoms make it a charming understory species in coniferous woodland habitats.

Habitat: Common. Dry conifer forest

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 300-2900 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaRH, SN, SnBr, SnJt, MP

California counties: Humboldt, Siskiyou, Nevada, Plumas, San Bernardino, Riverside, Trinity, Modoc, El Dorado, Lake, Placer, Shasta, Sierra, Tuolumne, Butte, Del Norte, Mendocino, Lassen, Tehama, Glenn, Tulare, Mariposa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.