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Indian pipe flower

Monotropaceae Monotropa uniflora

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Flower Info:

Petal # 5

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Monotropaceae Family

Monotropa Genus

Location

Found in the woods in mid fall.Independence Mo.

Physical Description

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Indian pipe grows 6-to 8-inches tall. It’s an unbranched plant with a solitary nodding flower that pushes through the soil with its crooked flower already formed. Usually several stems arise from an underground crown.

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Monotropaceae

Ericales

Erica Order (Heathers)

Asteridae

Class of Stars (Daisies)

Core Eudicots

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/indian_pipe_01-12-07.htm

Indian pipe flower
Indian pipe flower - April 05, 2010

Comment: Indian pipe flower, Monotropa uniflora

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botanyteach

beaverton,OR, USA

Indian pipe is a saprophyte and does not photosynthesize, hence its white color. It lives off of dead or decaying matter.

April 20, 2010
15:51:17

botanyteach

beaverton,OR, USA

Indian pipe is a saprophyte and does not photosynthesize, hence its white color. It lives off of dead or decaying matter.

April 20, 2010
15:50:54

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