Question

What type of plant is indian pipe saprotrophic or parasitic

Answer 1

Monotropa uniflora, also known as ghost plant (or ghost pipe), Indian pipe or corpse plant, is anherbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Udmurtiya in European Russia, Asia, North America and northern South America, but with large gaps between areas.

Answer 2

Indian pipe, (Monotropa uniflora), also called ghost plant, corpse plant, convulsion root, or ghost pipe, nonphotosynthetic perennial herb of the heath family (Ericaceae). The plant is mycoheterotrophic, meaning it lives in close association with a fungus from which it acquires most of its nutrition.