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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 387–388. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Status: Native

 

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2. Monotropa uniflora L. (Indian pipe, ghost flower)

Pl. 374 n, o; Map 1642

Stems 5–30 cm tall, solitary or in small clusters, glabrous, usually white, less commonly reddish-tinged, drying black. Leaves 5–14 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, glabrous, the margins entire or slightly irregular. Inflorescences of a solitary flower subtended by a single leaflike bract. Sepals apparently absent in Missouri material (4 or 5 sepals, 7–10 mm long elsewhere). Petals 13–18 mm long, 5–9 mm wide, broadly oblong, usually minutely hairy on the inner surface. Stamens with the anthers elliptic, dehiscing by 2 slits across the tip. Stigma obconic, with a relatively deep, irregular depression at the tip lacking a fringe of hairs. Fruits with the body 10–12 mm long, 8–10 mm wide, capped by the persistent style, the capsule wall segments thickened, persisting after dehiscence, often into the following year. 2n=32, 48. August–October.

Scattered nearly throughout the state but nowhere common (northern U.S. south to Florida, Texas, Montana, and California, also Alaska; Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia). Bottomland forests and mesic to dry upland forests.

 


 

 
 
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