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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.
Hairy Pinesap, Appalachian Red Pinesap
Hypopitys lanuginosa
Look for it in acid forests
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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.
Eastern Pinesap
Hypopitys species 3
Look for it in forests
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Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small
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Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.