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Herbarium specimen: Monotropa hypopitys

Taxon:Monotropaceae: Monotropa hypopitys L. ("Yellow Bird's-nest")
Filed in taxon folder:Monotropaceae: Monotropa hypopitys L. ("Yellow Bird's-nest")
Collected by:S Rawlings
Collection date:2/8/1937
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Dorking, TQ14, An erect succulent herb found growing under heavily shaded beechwood & probably parasitical on roots or decaying vegetation, growing in a calcareous soil with no other ...ing vegetation.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000773292
Image:
© Kew
Monotropa hypopitys herbarium specimen from Dorking, VC17 Surrey in 1937 by S Rawlings.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers

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Documented by johned on 9th June 2012.

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