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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Epifagus virginiana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) W. P. C. Barton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Comp. Fl. Philadelph.
|place=2: 50. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Orobanche virginiana
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 633. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Epifagus;Epifagus virginiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Epifagus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Epifagus virginiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 461
|treatment_page=page 464
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>usually with 1–12 erect or ascending branches, yellow, blackish purple, purplish brown, yellowish brown, or brown, (3.5–)15–45(–54) cm, arising from underground, ovoid, vegetative, cormlike structure covered with imbricate scale leaves and short, coralloid, adventitious, yellow to brownish orange roots; bracts triangular to ovate or ± awl-shaped, 2–5 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–3 mm; bracteoles 2, adnate to base of calyx, triangular-ovate, 1–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 2–3 mm, lobes acuminate, 1 mm. <b>Chasmogamous</b> flowers: appearing bisexual, rarely producing fruit; corolla ± laterally compressed, 8–12 mm, abaxial lip with lobes erect to ± spreading, apex acute, adaxial lobe erect, slightly incurved apically, margins entire or notched; stamens included or barely exserted; stigma usually exserted. <b>Cleistogamous</b> flowers: corolla 2–3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> obliquely ovoid, laterally compressed, ± reniform in silhouette, thickest proximally, 3–4 × 3–3.5 mm, 2(or 3)-valved. <b>Seeds</b> 50 × 20 \mu, testa striate-reticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Mesic deciduous forests, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests.
|elevation=0–1000 m.
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico (Hidalgo;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Epifagus virginiana</i> is an obligate parasite of the American beech, <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> (Fagaceae). Its range is coincident with that of its host, including disjunct occurrences in the highlands of Hidalgo and Tamaulipas, Mexico (J. W. Thieret 1969d, 1971). Different degrees of anthocyanin production among populations have led to the description of two trivial color forms. Local common names such as cancer-root, clap-wort, and flux-plant allude to the historical belief that the plant was efficacious medicinally for a number of ailments (Thieret 1971).</p><!--
--><p><i>Epifagus</i> americana Nuttall is an illegitimate name for <i>E. virginiana</i>.</p>
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name=Epifagus virginiana
|authority=(Linnaeus) W. P. C. Barton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Orobanche virginiana
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Mesic deciduous forests, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests.
|elevation=0–1000 m.
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico (Hidalgo;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Comp. Fl. Philadelph.
|publication year=1818
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_794.xml
|genus=Epifagus
|species=Epifagus virginiana
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