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Aphyllon uniflorum (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Ghostpipe, Cancer-root, One-flowered Broomrape. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: In a wide diversity of forests. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to AK and BC, south to FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Aphyllon uniflorum var. occidentale Greene is western, distributed from SK and BC south to w. TX, CA, and Mexico. Schneider et al. (2016) showed that var. occidentale differs genetically and in host from eastern var. uniflora; it should be accorded specific rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7; = Orobanche uniflora L. ssp. uniflora — FNA17; = Orobanche uniflora L. var. uniflora — C; = Thalesia uniflora (L.) Britton — S; < Aphyllon uniflorum (L.) Torr. & A.Gray — Schneider (2016); > Orobanche terrae-novae Fernald — F; < Orobanche uniflora L. — Ar, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Musselman (1982); >< Orobanche uniflora L. — F; Orobanche uniflora L. Basionym: Orobanche uniflora L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Orobanche uniflora ssp. uniflora - FNA17

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: UPL (name change)
  • Midwest: UPL (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Slender, leafless perennial lacking chlorophyll, found throughout North America in a wide range of forest habitats, from sandy floodplain forests to rich/acidic cove forests and dry to moist mixed oak and oak-hickory forests.

Stems: Stems essentially underground and sending up furry, tan-brown, leafless flower stalks.

Leaves:

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary at top of stalk, nodding or held horizontally, white with pale bluish-purple lines, just under 1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular with 5 spreading lobes.

Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

Comments: Lacks roots and chlorophyll, instead deriving water and nutrients from host plants, including goldenrods and sunflowers.

Height: 2-8 in.

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description: Slender, leafless perennial lacking chlorophyll, found throughout North America in a wide range of forest habitats, from sandy floodplain forests to rich/acidic cove forests and dry to moist mixed oak and oak-hickory forests.

stems: Stems essentially underground and sending up furry, tan-brown, leafless flower stalks.

leaves:

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary at top of stalk, nodding or held horizontally, white with pale bluish-purple lines, just under 1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular with 5 spreading lobes.

fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

comments: Lacks roots and chlorophyll, instead deriving water and nutrients from host plants, including goldenrods and sunflowers.

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