Read about Monotropsis odorata (Pygmypipes, Sweet pinesap), in Devils Fork State Park, Oconee County, South Carolina by Jim Fowler.
Read more about Pygmy Pipes from Linda Chafin, Alan Weakley, and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Monotropsis odorata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropsis odorata
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 145-04-001:
Monotropsis odorata +
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mood2_001_lvd
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Diane Creaton dmc01349
March Oconee County SC
Devils Fork State Park
The flowers' odor variously compared to cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon & violets, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0403k_24
March Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Numerous fragrant purplish flowers barely extend past stem's brown scales, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Indian Pipes, Pinesap and Pygmy Pipes
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JK Marlow jkm0403k_32
March Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
A superior ovary with capitate [head-like] stigma, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0403k_35
March Oconee County SC
Oconee State Park
Easily overlooked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Keith Bradley kab_m_odorata_1802
March Oconee County SC
Devils Fork State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_m_odorata_1812
March Oconee County SC
Devils Fork State Park
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JK Marlow s040321_a
March Oconee County SC
Devils Fork State Park
The stems have many light brown overlapping scales in place of leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_751
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmonotropsis_odorata
Month Unknown