What plant is that?

This interesting little wildflower is common in our Rhode Island woods. It’s common and latin names are really fun and while is it unassuming from a distance, up close the flower looks like the snout of a farm animal! Not only that but it is a hemiparasite, meaning it colonizes the roots of nearby trees while still photosynthesizing, and it’s seeds have fleshy structures attached, “elaiosomes,” that encourage scavenging by ants. This little herbaceous wildflower grows 4-12 inches tall, has opposite entire leaves and paired irregular flowers that are usually white with a yellow tip.