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Whole plant Stem Leaf Flower Fruit

Conopholis americana
Family: Orobanchaceae
Common name: squawroot
Synonym(s): American cancer-root
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Whole plant      Jump to: Stem Leaf Flower Fruit

Conopholis americana - Whole plant - squawroot
(c) 2005 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use
Non-photosynthetic parasitic plant

Stem      Jump to: Whole plant Leaf Flower Fruit

Conopholis americana - Stem - squawroot
(c) 2005 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Leaf      Jump to: Whole plant Stem Flower Fruit

Conopholis americana - Leaf - squawroot
(c) 2005 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use
Leaves reduced to brown scales

Flower      Jump to: Whole plant Stem Leaf Fruit

Conopholis americana - Flower - squawroot
(c) 2005 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Fruit      Jump to: Whole plant Stem Leaf Flower

Conopholis americana - Fruit - squawroot
(c) 2005 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use



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