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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Orobanchaceae
Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.
American cancer-root
Conopholis: Greek conos for "cone" and pholis for "a scale"
americana: for America
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-8" tall, pale brown to yellowish forb; stems stout, unbranched; parasitic on the red oak group |
| Flower: | yellow to cream, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, tubular with a swollen base, facing downward, upper of the 2 lips straight, lower lip 3-lobed; inflorescence of many flowers in a dense, 1/2"-1" thick spike; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | many, scale-like, fleshy, overlapping |
| Habitat: | dry; woods; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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