Indian Pipe
Scientific Name: Monotropa uniflora
Perennial, non-photosynthesizing, fungus-like, parasitic flowering plant, often found near beech trees.
Indian Pipe
Scientific Name: Monotropa uniflora
Indian Pipe
| Genus species: | Monotropa uniflora | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Indian Pipe | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Monotropaceae 
Non-green (lack chlorophyll), myco-heterotrophic (absorbing nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that are attached to tree roots), herbaceous perennials, often whitish, pinkish, or yellow-brown; leaves alternate, scale-like; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in racemes; fruit a capsule. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | C. Chapman | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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