Other common names:
Corpse Plant, One-flowered Indian Pipe French names:
Monotrope uniflore Family: Heath Family (Ericaceae), (Indian-pipe Family (Monotropaceae)) Distinctive features:
Ghostly pale white plant; no chlorophyll; one flower per stem. Similar species: • Pinesap (Hypopitys monotropa) - Has multiple flowers at the top of each stem; cream-coloured. • Squawroot (Conopholis americana) - Fat chunky stem; yellowish. Flowers: Summer; White; 5 parts (petals); Pale white, waxy. Leaves: None; Pale white scales along stem. Height:
10-20 cm (4-8 in) Stem:
Pale white, waxy appearance. Habitat: Forests Grows in Sun/Shade:
Shade Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 172 Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 20, 232 ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario: 255 Native/Non-native:
Native Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: uniflora: one-flowered Photographs:
277 photographs available, of which 10 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
Indian Pipes are beautiful plants with ghost-white flowers.
It usually grows in the woods, but sometimes in mossy places.
When the plants come up from the ground and the flowers first open, they are pointed downwards.
As they mature they bend up more and more until they are pointed striaght up.
Inside of an Indian Pipe flower.
The seed heads of Indian Pipe often overwinter. These are in March.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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