title: Conopholis
text: # Conopholis
  
  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.
  