Ghost pipe

I have a Flora Bucket List of plants and fungi that I want to meet and not so much to gather while I am studying in the PNW, I recently checked off my list Monotropa uniflora commonly known as Ghost Pipe a strikingly beautiful ghostly, otherworldly looking plant that has been gaining a lot of popularity on social media and getting a lot of "INSTAlove".GHOST PIPE, A NO PICK Many folks wildcrafting this plant will speak of this plant as being "sacred" and attribute its medicinal uses as being…

Monotropa uniflora, also known as ghost plant (or ghost pipe), Indian pipe or corpse plant, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Udmurtiya in European Russia, Asia, North America and northern South America, but with large gaps between areas. It was formerly classified in the family Monotropaceae; however, it has now been included within the Ericaceae. It is generally scarce or rare in occurrence. (Source: Wikipedia, ''…

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Melondy Phillips Staff Writer The time is drawing nigh. I started researching herbal remedies when my children were young, but when one of them kept getting more and more ill, I really dug my heels into the research. I read a lot of books on the subject of herbs and pulled up what I could [...]

Spotlight on ghost pipe plant, Monotropa uniflora, a beautiful and unusual wildflower.

The ghost plant is also called ghost pipe or Indian pipe. The Latin name is Monotropa uniflora. Even though it looks like a fungus, it is actually a parasitic perennial wildflower that is more closely related to the blu...