Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora, an unusual non-photosynthetic, parasitic flowering plant.
Indian pipe Monotropa uniflora is an unusual non photosynthetic parasitic flowering plant The plant feeds on the mycorrhizal fungi that live in symbiotic relationship with tree roots
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