Monotropa hypopithys

An uncommon saprophytic plant in Indiana. It occurs in the southwest, too, but I haven't seen it out here. Sometimes this genus and other saprophytic ericacids are split off as Monotropaceae.

Plant habit at McCormick's Creek State Park near Spencer, IN, 6/12/04.



Closer view of an inflorescence at McCormick's Creek State Park, 6/12/04.



Flowers at McCormick's Creek State Park, 6/12/04.

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