Plants › broomrape family
one-flowered cancer-root
Aphyllon uniflorum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
oneflower broomrapeAphyllon purpureum
Ghost PipeMonotropa uniflora
clustered broomrapeAphyllon fasciculatum
yellow clustered broomrapeAphyllon franciscanum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,273 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 635 |
| New York | 523 |
| Virginia | 513 |
| Ontario | 486 |
| Maryland | 478 |
| Massachusetts | 450 |
| North Carolina | 443 |
| Tennessee | 381 |
| Pennsylvania | 307 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | broomrape family · Orobanchaceae |
| Genus | Aphyllon |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise one-flowered cancer-root with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.