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Leaves are small and scale-like, linear or spoon-shaped, clear without green colors, crowded near the base. The flowers are similar to color of stem, sometimes more whitish in a single, bell shape that nods at first till the plant matures, then it will usually lean to one side. Found in humus beneath trees in coniferous forest in middle elevations. This is one of few plants that do not make food with photosynthesis, but rather it lives off the roots of nearby coniferous trees. This plant was used in a poultice applied to the surface area of wounds that were having problems healing.