RED PINESAP 
Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michaux) Nuttall 
Because of its bright ted color, red pinesap is more showy than 
some of its near relatives. Like them it is a plant of fungus-like 
appearance, because of the complete lack of the green coloring 
which characterizes nearly all flowering plants. It grows in wood- 
lands, springing from decayed vegetable mould. The plants develop 
and flower usually in rather late summer, but in the southern part 
of their range as early as June. 
The ted pinesap is widely distributed, being found from Florida 
to Louisiana, and north to Quebec and Newfoundland. It is some- 
times referred to the same genus (Monotropa) as the Indianpipe. 
The specimen sketched was collected near Washington, District 
of Columbia. 
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