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Alpine cancer-root

Conopholis alpina

Also called Bear Corn

Alpine cancer-root
Photo: Bad carpet, Public domain
Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona to SW. Texas and Honduras
Climate
subtropical

About

Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite).

It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.

Other Conopholis plants

American cancer-root · Cancer-root

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conopholis alpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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