Monotropa uniflora (Indian-Pipe) - photos and description
General: Saprophytic perennial plants with snow white foliage, plants lack chlorophyll. Foliage and flowers turn black when spent. Plants glabrous.
Flowers: Flowers solitary, nodding when new, then straighten to vertical when in fruit. Flowers measured at 2 cm long.
Leaves: Leaves are translucent scales, alternate, ovate.
Height: Height listed in Budd's Flora to 30 cm, we measured plants to 15 cm tall.
Habitat: Shady moist woods.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Origin: Native.
When and where photographed: Photos taken July 28th, moist mixed woods, Duck Mountain Provincial Park, 300 km north east of our home in Regina, SK.