SQUAW ROOT
			Conopholis americana - Cancer Root
	HOME Botanical Terms Lists: Master Plant List Flowering Times List Flowers by Color/Type Endangered Species List Habitat List Use the 'back' button on your browser to return, if necessary.		A strange scaly-looking plant. FAMILY: Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae) DESCRIPTION: The thick, yellow to brown stalks with whitish-yellow flowers of this non-green parasitic plant grow in little colonies and look like erect pine-cones. It has no leaves and grows 2 - 8" tall. FLOWERS: April to July HABITAT: Prefers dry woods, generally under oak trees (where it primarily feeds on the roots)   OTHER INFORMATION: This plant turns deep brown after maturing. I mean like DEEP brown. It also just rots in large stands looking like some strange collection of burnt pine-cones. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: My observations about this plant can be found at: OFFSITE INFORMATION: If you're interested