Conopholis alpina

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite).

It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=COAL6 USDA]

;Varieties

• Conopholis alpina var. mexicana — Mexican cancer-root.[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=COALM USDA var. mexicana]