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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypopitys lanuginosa FAMILY Ericaceae Go to FSUS key

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hypopitys lanuginosa

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) Flora of North America

Monotropa hypopithys

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

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Pinesap, Appalachian Red Pinesap

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image of Hypopitys lanuginosa, Hairy Pinesap, Appalachian Red Pinesap

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyla9_001_lvd

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 (Spira, 2011).

Tim Spira tpsmhypopithys7

August

Autumn flowering plants are mostly pink to red, ofen marked with yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

COMPARE Indian Pipes, Pinesap and Pygmy Pipes

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 (Spira, 2011).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypopitys lanuginosa FAMILY Ericaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopitys FAMILY Monotropaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypopitys lanuginosa

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) Flora of North America
Monotropa hypopithys

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

4353

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acid forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

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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