Monotropa hypopitys

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 387. 1753 (as hypopithys) ,.

Common names: Pine-sap monotrope du pin
Synonyms: Hypopitys americana (de Candolle) Small Hypopitys fimbriata (A. Gray) Howell Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michaux) Rafinesque Hypopitys monotropa Crantz Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa (Michaux) H. Hara Monotropa latisquama
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 393. Mentioned on page 392, 394.

Inflorescences usually secund racemes, rarely solitary flowers, 5–32 cm; axis yellowish to orange or reddish. Pedicels nodding at anthesis, erect in fruit, finely hairy or glabrous, sometimes glandular-hairy. Flowers: sepals absent or 4–5, not similar to subtending bracts, spatulate to elliptic, 7–12 × 1–5 mm; petals 4–5, yellowish to orange or reddish, oblong, 8–17 × 4–8 mm, base narrowly saccate, margins ciliate to erose, apex acute to rounded, adaxial surfaces often hairy; nectary lobes 8–10, (paired), stout, not elongate or curved-cylindric; stamens 8–10; filaments sparsely hairy; anthers horizontal at anthesis, horseshoe-shaped, sacs of equal size; ovary 4–8 × 3–6 mm, usually hairy; style 2–10 × 1–2 mm, sparsely hairy; stigma umbilicate, 1.5–3 mm diam., often subtended by ring of crowded hairs. Capsules 4–5-segmented; segments often deciduous after seed dispersal, thin, 6–10 × 4–8 mm, without connecting, pinnate, vascular bundles when open. Seeds 0.5–1 mm, mostly membranously winged. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Moist to mesic or dry, mixed-deciduous and coniferous forests
Elevation: 0-4300 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Mexico, Central America (Guatemala), Europe, c, e Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Gary D. Wallace +
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Pine-sap +  and monotrope du pin +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, Mexico +, Central America (Guatemala) +, Europe +, c +  and e Asia. +
0-4300 m +
Moist to mesic or dry, mixed-deciduous and coniferous forests +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Hypopitys americana +, Hypopitys fimbriata +, Hypopitys lanuginosa +, Hypopitys monotropa +, Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa +  and Monotropa latisquama +
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