ONE-FLOWER INDIAN-PIPE
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Monotropa uniflora L.
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| Linn County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-12 inches |
| Family: Ericaceae - Heath Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Stems: | | Plants without chlorophyll, fleshy, appearing waxy. | | Leaves: | | Absent | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal, axis white, turning black on drying, often persisting into next growing season; flowers solitary. Pedicels nodding in flower, erect in fruit. | | Flowers: | | White, turning black at maturity, .5 to .8 inch: sepals (3-)5(-6), distinct, lanceolate to oblong, .28 to .4 inch long, .16 to .24 inch wide; petals (3-)5(-6), distinct, obovate to oblong, .4 to .8 inch long, .2 to .6 inch wide, base slightly sac-like; corolla urn-shaped or narrowly bell-shaped; stamens 8-14, stamen filaments glabrous or minutely pubescent; pistil 1; style 1; stigma 1, funnelform. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, erect, broadly ellipsoid, .28 to .43 inch long, .2 to .5 inch wide; seeds 100+, brown or orange, .02 to .04 inch. | | Habitat: | | Moist, rich humus of oak-hickory forests | | Distribution: | | East 1/5 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Uses: | | The Cherokee rubbed the crushed plant on bunions or warts. | | Comments: | | See also pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys). |
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