Appalachian Trail near Damascus, VA
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
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Family: Ericaceae
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - October
Similar in overall appearance to Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), but with more than one flowering head on each stalk. Two color variations exist, with yellow-tawny plants usually appearing in late spring to early summer, and pink plants appearing in the late summer to fall.
Recent DNA evidence places it in a separate genus from Monotropa.
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10 September 2013
Appalachian Trail near Damascus, VA
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21 August 2014
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
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