Wikipedia:
Conopholis
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 Mexican cancer-root
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Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Species
- Conopholis alpina, alpine cancer-root
- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana, Mexican cancer-root
- Conopholis americana, American cancer-root or Squawroot. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, C. americana is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn. It is also called "Cancer-root" because it was reputed to have therapeutic properties upon the disease. [1]
References
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