By laelaps on July 7, 2009. A patch of Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), photographed in Mount Kisco, NY. Tags Photography Plants Log in to post comments More like this Lovely. What's the origin of the common name? Log in to post comments Viewed from the side, the plant has a shape similar to the long-stemmed pipes the original inhabitants of the area used for smoking tobacco. Hence the name "Indian pipe." Log in to post comments
Viewed from the side, the plant has a shape similar to the long-stemmed pipes the original inhabitants of the area used for smoking tobacco. Hence the name "Indian pipe." Log in to post comments
Lovely. What's the origin of the common name?
Viewed from the side, the plant has a shape similar to the long-stemmed pipes the original inhabitants of the area used for smoking tobacco. Hence the name "Indian pipe."