Monotropa hypopithys
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Monotropa hypopithys |
| Common name: | pinesap |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae, formerly Monotropaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 7 1/2" |
| Foliage: | alternate, reduced and scalelike |
| Flower: | yellow to brown, or red, terminal, several flowers, 1/2" |
| Flowering time: | summer, fall |
| Habitat: | acidic woods |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Pinesap can bloom in the summer and in the fall. Those that bloom in summer are more yellow to brown, while those blooming in fall are reddish.
A myco-heterotroph, producing no chlorophyll but rather getting its nutrition through parasitism on fungus. |