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English
candystick (Allotropa virgata)
Etymology
From its resemblance to a red-and white striped peppermint stick candy.
2001, Nez Perce National Forest (N.F.), Starbucky Restoration Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 117:
There are approximately 1500 acres of potential candystick habitat in the Conservation Unit, which is located entirely within the analysis area, mainly in VRU 6.
2011, Fran Kelso, Frances Kelso Graham, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 260:
This family also includes some unusual fleshy, chlorophyll-lacking plants, such as Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) and candystick (Allotropa virgata), which are saprophytic (feeding or growing upon dead or decaying organic matter).
2011, E. C. Pielou, The World of Northern Evergreens, page 75:
Examples of them, shown in figure 7.1, are candystick (Allotropa virgata), pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys), Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), and gnome-plant (Hemitomes congestum).
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