Ericaceae
Yellow bird's-nest
Hypopitys monotropa
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Hypopitys
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Common names
By language (29)
- Belarusian
- Пад’ельнік звычайны
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена гвачка
- Catalan
- Sucepin
- Chinese
- 松下兰, 松下蘭, 台湾水晶兰, 土花, 地花, 錫杖花
- Croatian
- Obični bezlistac
- Czech
- Hnilák smrkový, Samovratec
- Dutch
- Stofzaad
- English
- Yellow bird's-nest, False beech-drops, Pinesap, American pinesap, False beechdrops, Hairy pinesap, Many-flower Indian-pipe, Many-flowered Indian pipe
- Esperanto
- Pinasparago
- Estonian
- Harilik seenlill
- Finnish
- Kaljumäntykukka, Kangasmäntykukka, Mäntykukka
- French
- Monotrope du pin, Monotrope à grappe, Monotrope sucepin, Sucepin
- German
- Fichtenspargel, Hypopithys europaea, Sucepin
- gv
- Buighan shellee
- hsb
- Prawy bjezłopjenčk, Prawe hribowe zelo
- Icelandic
- Sníkjurót
- Irish
- Buíán sailí
- Japanese
- シャクジョウソウ, 錫杖草
- Kazakh
- Шыршашөп
- Latvian
- Parastā lāčtauce, Lāčtauce
- Lithuanian
- Miškinė gluosvė, Sucepin
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vaniljerot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vaniljerot
- Polish
- Korzeniówka pospolita
- Russian
- Подъельник обыкновенный, Вертляница волосистая, Вертляница обыкновенная, Подъельник
- Slovak
- Hniliak smrekový
- Slovenian
- Dlakavi samovratec, Goli samovratec
- Swedish
- Tallört, Sucepin
- Welsh
- Cytwf
Synonyms
- Hypopitys americana (DC.) Nutt.
- Hypopitys brevis Small
- Hypopitys dentata Raf.
- Hypopitys europaea Nutt.
- Hypopitys fimbriata (A.Gray) Howell
- Hypopitys glabra (Bernh. ex Rchb.) DC.
- Hypopitys hypophegea (Wallr.) G.Don
- Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small
- Hypopitys insignata E.P.Bicknell
- Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Raf.
- Hypopitys lanuginosa var. rosea (Torr.) House
- Hypopitys latisquama Rydb.
- Hypopitys lutea Gray
- Hypopitys monotropa f. glaberrima (H.Hara) Y.Ueno
- Hypopitys multiflora Scop.
- Hypopitys multiflora var. americana DC.
- Hypopitys multiflora var. glabra Ledeb.
- Hypopitys racemosa Raf.
- Hypopitys rivini Ruppius ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
- Hypopitys secunda Raf.
- Hypopitys stricta Raf.
- Monotropa abietina Dumort
- Monotropa chinensis Koidz.
- Monotropa epirrhizium St.-Lag.
- Monotropa fimbriata A.Gray
- Monotropa flagrans Gilib.
- Monotropa glabra Bernh. ex Rchb.
- Monotropa hirsuta Hornem. ex Willk. & Lange
- Monotropa hypophegea Wallr.
- Monotropa hypopitys L.
- Monotropa hypopitys f. atricha (Domin) Kitag.
- Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa (Michx.) H.Hara
- Monotropa hypopitys subvar. atricha Domin
- Monotropa hypopitys var. glaberrima H.Hara
- Monotropa hypopitys var. glabra Roth
- Monotropa hypopitys var. hirsuta Roth
- Monotropa hypopitys var. hypopitys
- Monotropa hypopitys var. japonica (Franch. & Sav.) Franch. & Sav.
- Monotropa hypopitys var. lanuginosa (Michx.) Andres
- Monotropa hypopitys var. latisquama (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
and 12 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 3,291 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.