Striped Wintergreen - Chimaphila maculata - Best viewed magnified

And there's a dozen or more of these tiny plants growing wild under the pine and scrub oak trees in my front yard! This pictured little plant is bearing its winter fruit! This summer, when it bloomed with these tiny white lilly-like blossoms, I had to find out what the heck this plant was! It's a native plant, also known as "pipsissewa"... sounds like an indian name to me! It has medicinal purposes, and is still used as flavoring in candy and root beer. Go figure - growing wild in my front yard! LOL! Another 365 little treasure discovery for me!

[Magdalena Bas]

Lovely composition! Great tones and textures

[karenann]

Love the sublety of this color "striped wintergreen" as it stands amidst the tones of brown. Great textures and focus. Very beautiful and very delicate. Wonderful, gal. :)

[Mags]

@magdalenabas Thank you, Magdalena!

[Lennon's Mom]

And what is your plan for these lovelies?? Very pretty shot Maggie Mae :)

[Mags]

@karenann Thank you, Karen! Always appreciate your sweet comments!

[Mags]

@heidievans73 LOL! I plan to let them grow just as they are! =) I hope to take some pics of their blooms this summer! Thank you, Heidi for the comments and the view! =)

[Kerri]

Great textures

[Mags]

@kerristephens Thanks!

[Sharon]

Love all the textures! Lovely!

[Kd Wallis]

wow! who would have thought!!! i find that to be really neat and interesting!!! great shot and thanks for sharing!
also, you should make some rootbeer :P
LOL

[Mags]

@twinsplusone Thank you, Sharon!

[Mags]

@kdimagery Aww! Thank you, Kd! LOL! No, I'll leave the root beer to the experts! But wintergreen tea would not be hard to make from the leaves. =)

[Kd Wallis]

@marlboromaam mmmm!! that would be tasty too! you might have to look into making that instead then :)

[Princess Fairlane]

Wow Maggie! love the tones and textures of this shot! Be sure to take a photo when it blooms and share it with us Maggie :D

[Rebecca M]

Lovely composition!

[Mags]

@kdimagery LOL! Kd, it might take the leaves of every little plant out there and then some to make one cup of tea. I best just let them grow. =)

@princesicita Thank you, sweet Princess! As long as I'm still here I'll get that photo with no problem! =)

@honeybees Thanks, Rebecca! =)

[lorihiro]

Great catch! The green leaves just pop in all the brown! :-)

[Mags]

@lorihiro Thank you very much for the comment and the view! =)

[Kd Wallis]

@marlboromaam Oh! hahaha, well then...goes to show what i know about making tea! .....or dont know for that matter :D

[Mags]

@kdimagery LOL! It's okay! I just know that an awful lot of crushed leaves go into one little tea bag. =)

[Susan Golding]

lovely contrast with the green against all those browns

[Mags]

@windridge Thank you very much, gal! =)

[Phil Howcroft]

great textures and tones marlboro, it's nice to see your macro work

[Mags]

@phil_howcroft Thank you very much, Phil! =)

[Pamela Fillhouer]

i am loving the textures in this.

[Mags]

@earthbeone Thank you so much for the comment and the view!

[Lauren]

i really like the tones and texture in this shot, and i enjoyed the tidbit of information about it too :)

[Mags]

@laurentye Thank you very much for your comments and the view! You are such a sweet gal! =)