...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Read about Beechdrops from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Epifagus virginiana
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epifagus virginiana
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 169-01-001:
Epifagus virginiana
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptamnium virginianum
COMMON NAME:
Beechdrops
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_levi14_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090313_008
March Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
To the uninitiated this might look like the dead tip of a fallen branch, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm070506_111
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
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Sam Pratt sbp_3484
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Upper flowers 3/8", 2-lipped w 4 short lobes, usually yellowish or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdme_virginiana
Month Unknown
True to its name, Beechdrops parasitizes the roots of beech trees, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.