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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa uniflora   FAMILY Monotropaceae

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

Monotropa uniflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Monotropa uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-001:

Monotropa uniflora   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Monotropa uniflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Indian Pipes, Ghost-flower, Common Ghost Pipes


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_moun3_001_lvd

        

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Harry Davis    hld947_ind_001f

May    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Flowers solitary, nodding, urn-shaped, the same color as the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm200505_4585

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0460

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Diane Creaton    dmc02370

June    Oconee County    SC

Foothills Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm0306f_11

June    Greenville County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_m_uniflora_1937

July    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm180825_4147

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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JK Marlow    jkm180825_4148

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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JK Marlow    jkm180825_4149

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Petals white to pinkish or reddish, base slightly saccate, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm180825_4151

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Stamens included; anthers horizontal at anthesis. Stigma broadly funnelform, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm220926_0002

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Nectaries are paired at stamen bases and point downward away from the flower opening, per Reevaluating the species status of the Southern Ghost Pipe, Monotropa brittonii (Keesling, 2020).

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JK Marlow    jkm220926_9999

September    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm211018_4389

October    Pickens County    SC

As the fruit matures, the stem straightens and the capsule is erect, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm211018_4392

October    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm211018_4394

October    Pickens County    SC

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Tim Spira    tpsmuniflora

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa uniflora   FAMILY Monotropaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Monotropa uniflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Monotropa uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-001:
Monotropa uniflora   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monotropa uniflora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

947

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In a wide variety of moist to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Pale pink
Radially symmetrical
Sepals absent, apparently (?)
5 petals
10 stamens (8-14?)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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