What plant is that?

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Above photo credit: © Francis R. Underwood 2014

 
Above photo credits: kbarton

This month’s mystery plant is a perennial (sometimes referred to as a subshrub) with basal leaves and a single erect flowering stem holding a raceme of white 5-petaled flowers.  The leaves are thick, obscurely toothed, glossy, dark green and often show prominent veins suffused with white. The fruit is a capsule. It blooms from June to August and grows in rich, dry or moist woods.

It’s. . .

Botanical Name:		Pyrola americana
Common Name:		Round-leaved Shinleaf
Family:		Pyrolaceae (Pyrola Family)
Habitat:		Dry or moist rich woods