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§1 Plant
Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.
vernacular American cancer-root — species · Orobanchaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Orobanchaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Conopholis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 341 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 341 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Early 13099
- Effingham 13103
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- McIntosh 13191
- Oconee 13219
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Towns 13281
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Herkimer 36043
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Davidson 37057
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Transylvania 37175
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3173310 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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