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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypopitys monotropa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopithys
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 145-03-002:
Monotropa hypopithys
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pinesap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyam5_001_lvd
Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyla9_001_lvd
Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Nutt.
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JK Marlow jkm120616_922
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.