Indian Pipe ..... (Montreal uniform)
Nontropical
 Indian Pipe ..... is also know as the Ghost
Flower
Indian Pipe gets it name from the small white clay pipe that
Native Indians sometimes used. ( Calumet Pipe ) First Nations
Peoples used it's clear sap as an eye lotion.
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Indian Pipe at first glance looks like a fungi, but is not.
This ghost like plant has no colour and is translucent. It is
known as a saprophyte because it lives totally off fungus and
needs no sunlight. It's scientific name means Once-turned because the flower turns
upward once it produces seeds. The plant turns black when touched
or picked and cannot be transplanted. It is found throughout
North America, June thru November.
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