Conopholis alpina
Conopholis alpina | |
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Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Conopholis |
Species: | C. alpina
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Binomial name | |
Conopholis alpina Liebm.
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Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite).
It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.[1]
- Varieties
- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana — Mexican cancer-root.[2]
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Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Orobanchaceae
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Plants described in 1847
- Orobanchaceae stubs