Monotropa uniflora
indianpipe, indian pipe
Family
Monotropaceae
Leaf Attachment
sessile, clasping
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
scale-like
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
pink, white
Flower Petals
5, 6
Flower Month
April - November
Height (meters)
0.2
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACU
Field Characters
Indianpipe is a waxy white plant that utilizes fungi to take carbon from the roots of autotrophic plants. It blackens with age and it has a solitary nodding flower resembling a shepherd's hook.
Habitat
Deep shaded woods; in humus of moist pine-hardwoods.