🐾 Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora · wildlife atlas entry

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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. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Ghost Pipe — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) cgbb2004, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cgbb2004 · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Monotropa uniflora
Rank	species
Community observations	120,680 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Ericales › family Ericaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-30 · West Point, VA, US
(c) maddystockman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Greenwood, ME 04255, USA
(c) Robert Wernerehl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-17 · Duck Inn Trail, Rock Hall, MD, US
(c) Emma Albert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Scotts Hill Loop Rd, Wilmington, NC, US
(c) Cole L, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-08 · Guilder Pond, Mt Washington, MA 01258, USA
(c) Paul Seaman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Ghost Pipe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-18 · Township Rd 634A, Woodlands County, AB, CA
(c) anavidaurri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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