Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Hypopitys lanuginosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Pinesap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopitys
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al. 2013)
Monotropa hypopitys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-002:
Monotropa hypopithys
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Monotropa lanuginosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Pinesap, Appalachian Red Pinesap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyla9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060819_002
August Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Fruit is an upright capsule, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Tim Spira tpsmhypopithys7
August
Autumn flowering plants are mostly pink to red, ofen marked with yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090901_012
September Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
3-10 nodding flowers mostly on one side of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Indian Pipes, Pinesap and Pygmy Pipes
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Keith Bradley kab_h_monotropa_3930
September Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
The tiny, clasping, scale-like leaves lack chlorophyll, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Hypopitys lanuginosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopitys
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al. 2013)
Monotropa hypopitys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-002:
Monotropa hypopithys
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Monotropa lanuginosa
4353
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in acid forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink to red
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 petals on lateral flowers/5 petals on terminal flower
8-10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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