Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michaux) Small. Common name: Appalachian Red Pinesap, Hairy Pinesap. Phenology: Early Aug-early Nov. Habitat: Acid forests. Distribution: ME and VT south to GA and AL (and more widespread, the precise distribution uncertain). Apparently widely distributed in eastern North America, but the precise distribution unknown. An undescribed species ("Hypopitys species 3") and H. lanuginosa are mapped the same for now, as they are being disentangled.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The "Eastern Clade sensu stricto" (Broe 2014).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NE, NY, S, S13, Broe (2014); = Monotropa hypopitys L. var. rubra (Torr.) Farw. — Tat, misapplied; = Monotropa lanuginosa Michx. >< Hypopitys americana (DC.) Nutt. — S, misapplied; > Hypopitys insignata E.P.Bicknell; < Hypopitys monotropa Crantz — Va, misapplied to North American plants; < Monotropa hypopithys L. — C, F, Fl5, G, Il, Pa, RAB, Tn, W, WH3, WV, Luteyn et al (1996), Wallace (1975), misapplied to North American plants; < Monotropa hypopitys L. — Ar, FNA8, misapplied to North American plants. Basionym: Monotropa lanuginosa Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: < Monotropa hypopitys - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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