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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Conopholis americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-02-001:

Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Conopholis americana

 

COMMON NAME:
Squawroot, Bearcorn, Oakdrops


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coam_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm080322_023

March    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Just emerging...

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_americana_2603

March    Orangeburg County    SC

Santee State Park

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_squawroot032406g

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Stamens exserted, usually 4, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_americana_3_24_07_2

March    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

Leaves overlapping, brown, fleshy, scaly, and lacking chlorophyll, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Wesley Burnett    gwb361_0307

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Usually several stems in a tight cluster, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

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Harry Davis    hld361_fal_001d

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

A 1/2" whitish 2-lipped flower projects from the stem above each bract, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm0504f_16

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

This parasitic herb often found at the foot of oak trees, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.

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JK Marlow    jkm160426_590

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm060508_001

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Stem is yellow, turning brownish with age, covered with scaly bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_americana_7835

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_050821rufusmorgan01

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Conopholis americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-02-001:
Conopholis americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Conopholis americana

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, moist forests, under and hemiparasitic on Quercus species, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon or rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Leaf scales overlapping, brown, lacking chlorophyll

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish to white
Irregularly 4-5 toothed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 exserted stamens (usually)
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a dense terminal spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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