ERICACEAE

Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michaux) Small. Appalachian Red Pinesap, Hairy Pinesap. Phen: Early Aug-early Nov. Hab: Acid forests. Dist: 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. This and H. lanuginosa are mapped the same for now, as they are being disentangled.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Syn: = K3, K4, NE, NY, S, Broe (2014); >< Hypopitys americana – S, misapplied; < Hypopitys monotropa – Va, misapplied to North American plants; < Monotropa hypopithys – C, F, Fl5, FNA8, G, Pa, RAB, Tn, W, WH3, WV, Luteyn et al (1996), Wallace (1975), misapplied to North American plants; < Monotropa hypopitys – Ar

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