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Alpine cancer-root

(Conopholis alpina)

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Description

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. Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Orobanchaceae
Genus:Conopholis
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