Asked by Chuck Bass

The ghost pipe is a parasitic plant. Which of the five plant attributes does it therefore lack?

cellulose

cuticles

multicellular embryos

photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis.

Ghost pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is mycoheterotrophic and lacks chlorophyll, so it cannot carry out photosynthesis. It still has cellulose cell walls and produces multicellular embryos.