Date: Summer 1973. Location: Amana woods
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | Dilleniidae |
| Order | Ericales |
| Family | Ericaceae (Monotropaceae) |
| Genus | Monotropa |
| Species | Monoptera uniflora |
Date: Summer 1973. Location: Amana woods
USDA Plant Profile Flora of N. America ITIS
Scientific Name: Monotropa uniflora
Common Name: Indian pipe, ghost plant
Origin: Native
Notes: Monotropa formerly stood alone in its own class (Monotropaceae) but it now has many other genera to keep it company in the Ericaceae. It is one of a number of achlorophyllous plants which survive by associating with mycorrhizal symbionts.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
Flowers: July; white to pink; pedicels with single nodding flowers becoming erect in fruit; petals usually 5, sepals and subtending bracts similar, oblong, 7-10 mm long; tips turn black on drying; seeds numerous and small, less than 1 mm long, .
Leaves: reduced or missing, achlorophyllous.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
