Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Monotropa hypopithys L.

Family: Monotropaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small, Hypopitys fimbriata (Gray) T.J. Howell, Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small., Hypopitys insignata Bickn., Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Nutt., Hypopitys latisquama Rydb., Hypopitys monotropa Crantz, Monotropa hypopithys L. ssp. lanuginosa (Michx.) Hara, Monotropa hypopithys L. var. americana (DC.) Domin, Monotropa hypopithys L. var. latisquama (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles, Monotropa hypopithys L. var. rubra (Torr.) Farw., Monotropa lanuginosa Michx., Monotropa latisquama (Rydb.) Hultén, Montropa hypopitys L.

Common names:

False beechdrops [False beech drops, False beech-drops] (1840-1923) (2, 5, 19, 92, 156)

Fir rope (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Fir-rape (1923) (156)

Hairy pinesap [Hairy pine sap] (1913) (5)

Pinesap [Pine sap, Pine-sap] (1876?-Present) (2, 4, 5, 50, 72, 92, 155, 156)

Yellow bird's nest (1913) (5)

Yellow pinesap [Yellow pine-sap] (1923) (156)

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