Monotropa hypopitys L., 1753 37% complete

Yellow bird's-nest

Sp. Pl.: 387 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced13 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded7 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 387 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Yellow bird's-nest No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere to C. America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 21 cm
  • 20.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 236, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Maximum height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 236, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 175, 178, 236, 443, 879, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record