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Monotropastrum humile (D.Don) Hara

Species

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Characteristics

Stem c. 9 cm. Lower scales dense, imbricate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 8 by 3-4 mm, middle and upper ones gradually more spaced, partly or not imbricate, lanceolate, subacuminate, 12-15 by 4 mm, of a greyish bluish tinge when fresh, turning black when dry, especially the lower part inside covered with rather long, cobweb-like, brown or rufous hairs, which are also found on the stem, ± glabrous elsewhere. Flower reflexed. Petals broad oblong, apex ± truncate, saccate at the base inside, either irregularly clothed with longish, brown, woolly hairs on both faces, or partly glabrescent, c. 13 by 5-6 mm. Stamens 8; filaments thick-filiform, with sparse hairs or ± glabrous. Disk lobes apparently 8, short-cylindrical, alternating with the stamens. Ovary c. 9 mm long, 2.5 mm ø in the lower ⅓, gradually attenuate to a very broad and short style c. 1/5 as long as the ovary.
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Inflorescences scapose, 10–20 cm tall, 2–8 mm in diam. below flower, emerging from soil in nodding position, 1-flowered. Flowers nodding at anthesis, tubular-campanulate. Sepals 1–5, oblong, 8–20 × 2–11 mm, usually glabrous. Petals 3–5, usually oblong, 10–20 × 5–15 mm, slightly longer than sepals, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pubescent, base broadly saccate. Disk of paired, elongate, slender lobes protruding from ovary toward basal saccate portions of petals. Berries erect to nodding, white, ovoid-globose, 9–20 × 10–24 mm, seeds numerous embedded in fleshy interior. Fl. Apr–Aug, fr. May–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Images

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Distribution

Monotropastrum humile world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:582559-1
WFO ID wfo-0000376446
COL ID 449TN
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Synonyms

Monotropa humilis Monotropastrum humile Cheilotheca humilis Cheilotheca macrocarpa Cheilotheca pubescens Monotropastrum globosum Monotropastrum baranovii Monotropastrum macrocarpum Monotropastrum arisanarum Monotropastrum lungchuanense Monotropastrum pubescens Monotropastrum clarkei Monotropanthum ampullaceum Cheilotheca humilis var. glaberrima Cheilotheca humilis var. pubescens Monotropa uniflora var. pentadactyla Monotropa uniflora var. tripetala Monotropa uniflora var. pentapetala Monotropastrum tschanbaischanicum var. baranovii Monotropastrum humile var. tripetalum Monotropastrum humile var. glaberrimum Monotropastrum globosum var. tripetalum Monotropastrum globosum var. pentapetalum Monotropastrum globosum var. baranovii
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