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Indian Pipes, Ghost Flower
Monotropa uniflora
Look for it in a wide variety of forests
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Flowers solitary, nodding, urn-shaped, the same color as the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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As the fruit matures, the stem straightens and the capsule is erect, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
Look for it in forests
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Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Fruit is an upright capsule, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Autumn flowering plants are mostly pink to red, ofen marked with yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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3-10 nodding flowers mostly on one side of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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The tiny, clasping, scale-like leaves lack chlorophyll, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap
Monotropsis odorata
Look for it in dry to mesic upland woods under oaks and/or pines (Pinus virginiana or P. echinata), esp slopes or bluffs with abundant heaths, often including Kalmia latifolia and/or Rhododendron maximum
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Numerous fragrant purplish flowers barely extend past stem's brown scales, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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The stems have many light brown overlapping scales in place of leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.