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American cancer-root

Conopholis americana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 187, February 192, March 303, April 593, May 1,140, June 534, July 402, August 364, September 382, October 313, November 196, December 175.
United States32,896
Canada5,103
Ontario4,780
Virginia3,960
North Carolina3,789
Ohio3,678
Pennsylvania3,097
Tennessee3,056
Michigan2,635
New York2,173

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genuscancer-roots · Conopholis

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