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Photographer: Steve C. Garske
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Family Orobanchaceae
Orobanche uniflora L.
cancer-root, naked broom-rape, one-flowered broom-rape
Orobanche: from Greek orobos, a kind of vetch, and anchone, "choke or strangle" because of a parasitic habit, this was the Greek name of a plant that was parasitic on vetch
uniflora: Latin for "one-flowered"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2"-8" tall forb; stems all or mostly underground; parasitic on many types of plants |
| Flower: | purple to white, 5-parted, 3/4" long, with 5 almost equal lobes, stalk longer than the flower and much longer than the stem; usually solitary; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | few, overlapping, scale-like |
| Habitat: | moist; woods, streambanks |
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