Common Name: Squaw Root or Cancer Root
Genus: Conopholis americana
Family Name: Orobranchaceae
Green River Cove Road, North Carolina
April 13, 2002
The numerous, thick, yellowish brown stems of this parasitic herb are 2 - 6 inches long and often form large clumps on the roots of oak trees. The leaves are reduced to small, brown scales. Native chiefly to the northeastern U.S., Squaw Root occurs in dry oak forests at scattered localities, chiefly in our mountains. April - June [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z