Rank Species | Genus Monotropastrum Higher classification Monotropastrum | |
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Similar Monotropastrum, Heaths, Monotropa uniflora, Pyrola japonica, Monotropa hypopitys | ||
Monotropastrum humile is a species of myco-heterotrophic plant of the family Ericaceae, distributed throughout eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to the Islands of Japan.
It lacks chlorophyll and is therefore unable to photosynthesis as most plants do; instead it gains sugars and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.
monotropastrum humile
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