Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), a non-photosynthetic flowering plant.

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Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is a non-photosynthetic flowering plant. It appears white because it lacks chlorophyll. It is parasitic on fungi that live symbiotically with trees; energy flows through the system from trees (through photosynthesis) to the fungi to the Indian pipes.

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Location: Massachusetts, United States
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Keywords: angiosperm, angiosperms, dicot, dicots, ericaceae, eudicot, eudicots, forb, forbs, herb, herbs, heterotroph, heterotrophic, heterotrophs, islc, monotropa, myco-heterotrophic, mycoheterotrophic, nonphotosynthetic, parasite, parasites, plant, plants, uniflora