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|accepted_name=Conopholis americana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Wallroth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Orobanches Gen. Diask.,
|place=78. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|common_names=American cancer-root;conopholis d'Amérique
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Orobanche americana
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Mant. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 88. 1767
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Conopholis;Conopholis americana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Conopholis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Conopholis americana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 462
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>6–20 cm. <b>Leaves</b> triangular to broadly lanceolate, 5.5–18 × 5–12 mm, glabrous or minutely hairy along margins. <b>Bracts</b> mostly concealing calyces, lanceolate, 5–18 × 2–8 mm, margins entire or minutely erose, not ciliate, glabrous, veins visible or obscure. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–4(–6) mm; bracteoles 2. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 3–8 mm, lobe margins entire or erose, not ciliate, apex acute; corolla 8–14 mm; anthers glabrous. <b>Capsules</b> 5–15 × 5–12 mm; styles persistent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jun.
|habitat=Under oaks in moist deciduous or mixed deciduous-coniferous woods.
|elevation=30–600 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;s Mexico.
|discussion=<p>A. G. Rodrigues et al. (2013) noted the existence of a single historical specimen from Jeff Davis County, Texas, and suggested that this represented a historical disjunction. However, it is also possible that the specimen in question was mislabeled.</p><!--
--><p>V. Baird and J. L. Riopel (1986) documented the dispersal of <i>Conopholis americana</i> in the eastern United States by deer and rodents.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=baird1986a
|text=Baird, V. and J. L. Riopel. 1986. Life history studies of Conopholis americana (Orobanchaceae). Amer. Midl. Naturalist 116: 140–151.
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name=Conopholis americana
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Wallroth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Orobanche americana
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jun.
|habitat=Under oaks in moist deciduous or mixed deciduous-coniferous woods.
|elevation=30–600 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;s Mexico.
|reference=baird1986a
|publication title=Orobanches Gen. Diask.,
|publication year=1825
|special status=
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|genus=Conopholis
|species=Conopholis americana
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