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Monotropa hypopithys

Hypopitys lanuginosa

20
Good

Native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 9 Louisiana parishes.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Monotropa

  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
1BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ERICACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Also known as

Hypopitys lanuginosa; Hypopitys monotropa

Conservation status

Louisiana rankS2
Global rankG5
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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