This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Yellow Bird's-nest. Monotropa Hypopitys.
Heath Family. June - Sept.
Found in dry woods. Florida and Arizona, northward into British Possessions.
Crimson and yellow, somewhat variable, about 1/2 inch long, slightly fragrant, borne in drooping clusters (which become erect later), terminating stem 4 - 12 inches high.
None. Stems clustered, scaly, arising from a mass of fibrous roots.

Pinesap.
 
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