Allotropa virgata - Sugarstick - US Forest Service
Allotropa virgata (Allotropa - turned differently; virgata - rod) refers to the flowers turned outward or upward. Allotropa virgata attains a height of 50 centimeters or less. The plant is glabrous. The leaves are scale-like on the flower stalk (peduncle).
Allotropa - Wikipedia
Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle.
Sugarstick - US Forest Service
Allotropa virgata is in the Ericaceae (Heath Family) which contains roughly 1400 species species worldwide. It is among a unique group of species, referred to as the Monotropoideae, that do not have chlorophyll and are incapable of photosynthesis.
Allotropa virgata | Sugarstick | Wildflowers of the Pacific ...
Allotropa virgata Sugarstick. Erect, nongreen, hairless. A thick white stalk with deep red stripes that arises from the ground and persists long after seed dispersal. Flowers are bowl-shaped, white, with 5 petals and 10 stamens. Grows in mixed or conifer forests at mid- to high elevations.
sugarstick (Plants of the North Fork of the American River ...
Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae (Heath Family) and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle.
Allotropa virgata
Allotropa virgata, the sugar stick, is a parasitic plant related to the Indian Pipe, the Snow Plant, and the other species in the subfamily Monotropoideae of the heath family, Ericaceae. Like the others, Allotropa is parasitic on fungi that occur in leaf litter beneath conifers.
sugarstick (Allotropa virgata) - iNaturalist
Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae (Heath Family) and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle.
Sugarstick (Allotropa virgata) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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This conservation strategy provides recommendations for management of National Forest lands supporting and adjoining populations of Allotropa virgata (candystick), a plant species designated as sensitive in Regions 1 and 4 of the US Forest Service.
Candystick - Montana Field Guide
4 天之前 · Deep humus of mature, usually lodgepole pine forests in the montane zone. This species has a Predicted Suitable Habitat Model available. Allotropa virgata lacks chlorophyll and it obtains nutrients from other vascular plants through a mycorrhizal (fungal) association. Matsutake mushroom mycelium are reported as the mycorrhizal associate.