Index / Search / Monotropsis odorata
§1 Plant
Monotropsis odorata Schwein. ex Elliott
vernacular pygmypipes — species · Monotropaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Monotropaceae Nutt.
- Genus
- Monotropsis
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 69 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 69 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MOOD2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888328 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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