OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropsis odorata   FAMILY Monotropaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Monotropsis odorata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-04-001:

Monotropsis odorata var. odorata   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Monotropsis odorata var. lehmaniae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Monotropsis lehmaniae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Monotropsis odorata

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mood2_001_lvd

        

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

Diane Creaton    dmc01349

March    Oconee County    SC

Devils Fork State Park

The flowers' odor variously compared to cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon & violets, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

JK Marlow    jkm0403k_24

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee State Park

Numerous fragrant purplish flowers barely extend past stem's brown scales, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

JK Marlow    jkm0403k_32

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee State Park

A superior ovary with capitate [head-like] stigma, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

JK Marlow    jkm0403k_35

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee State Park

Easily overlooked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

Keith Bradley    kab_m_odorata_1802

March    Oconee County    SC

Devils Fork State Park

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

Keith Bradley    kab_m_odorata_1812

March    Oconee County    SC

Devils Fork State Park

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

JK Marlow    s040321_a

March    Oconee County    SC

Devils Fork State Park

The stems have many light brown overlapping scales in place of leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

JK Marlow    jkm150424_751

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Monotropsis odorata, Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmonotropsis_odorata

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Monotropsis odorata   FAMILY Monotropaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Monotropsis odorata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-04-001:
Monotropsis odorata var. odorata   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Monotropsis odorata var. lehmaniae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monotropsis lehmaniae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Monotropsis odorata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

948

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic upland woods under oaks and/or pines (Pinus virginiana or P. echinata), especially slopes or bluffs with abundant heaths, often including Kalmia latifolia and/or Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Purplish-brown
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry

 

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