There are no basal leaves,
but there are small leaves on the stem
What we see here is the fruit
The fruits are five-celled woody capsules
The inflorescences are hairy and noticeably sticky to the touch.
This is caused by the presence of hairs which exude a sticky substance
(glandular hairs).
The inflorescences are covered by scale-like structures known as bracts.
The upper portion of the inflorescence has a series of yellowish,
urn-shaped flowers that face downward.
Like all members of the Monotriopoidiae (see Monotropa),
Pterospora andromedea lacks chlorophyll.
Plants exist for most of their life as a mass of brittle,
but fleshy, roots. They live in a parasitic relationship with
mycorrhizal fungi, in which plants derive all their carbon from their
associated fungus.
The term for this kind of symbiosis is mycoheterotrophy
(from wikipedia - also in evernote)
Interestingly Pinedrops grow in old growth pine forest.
However, if a pine forest clear cut and replanted
they do not grow because the required fungus has been destroyed.
(from www,backyardnature.net and in my evernote)
