Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypopitys species 3
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Pinesap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopitys
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypopitys americana
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) Flora of North America
Monotropa hypopithys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDED WITHIN Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al., 2013)
Monotropa hypopitys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-002?:
Monotropa hypopithys FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys americana
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Pinesap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyam5_001_lvd
Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small
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JK Marlow jkm120616_922
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Indian Pipes, Pinesap and Pygmy Pipes
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypopitys species 3
FAMILY
Ericaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropa hypopitys
FAMILY
Monotropaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypopitys americana
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
Flora of North America
Monotropa hypopithys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al., 2013)
Monotropa hypopitys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-03-002?:
Monotropa hypopithys
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypopitys americana
946
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/Tawny
Radially symmetrical
4 petals on lateral flowers/5 petals on terminal flower
8-10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p114
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p206
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p253
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p172
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p229
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p268
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p060
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p174
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p168
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p100
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p128
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p407
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p120
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