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Indian Pipe

Indian Pipe [Monotropa uniflora] found on the Mountains to Sea Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway in South Asheville, on 12 June 2013. It’s a member of the Indian Pipe (Monotropaceae) family. Wildflowers of the Carolinas, pages 230-231, states it’s “flower turns upright after pollination, an action described by the genus name Monotropa, meaning one …

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