946

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Look for it in forests, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

 

...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Tawny
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 petals on lateral flowers/5 petals on terminal flower
8-10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p114
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p206
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p172
• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p268
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p060
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p130
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p174
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p100
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p128
• Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p407
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p120

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Hypopitys species 3   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
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)
Hypopitys americana