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Habitat: In a wide variety of moist to dry forests
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Flowers solitary, nodding, urn-shaped, the same color as the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Petals white to pinkish or reddish, base slightly saccate, per Flora of North America.
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Stamens included; anthers horizontal at anthesis. Stigma broadly funnelform, per Flora of North America.
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As the fruit matures, the stem straightens and the capsule is erect, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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Habitat: Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry, sandy habitats
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Habitat: Acid forests
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Fruit is an upright capsule, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Autumn flowering plants are mostly pink to red, ofen marked with yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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3-10 nodding flowers mostly on one side of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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The tiny, clasping, scale-like leaves lack chlorophyll, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
Habitat: Forests
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Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small
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Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Dry to mesic upland woods under oaks and/or pines (Pinus virginiana or P. echinata), especially slopes or bluffs with abundant heaths, often including Kalmia latifolia and/or Rhododendron maximum
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Numerous fragrant purplish flowers barely extend past stem's brown scales, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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The stems have many light brown overlapping scales in place of leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).