Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Orobanche uniflora L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Anoplanthus uniflorus (L.) Endl., Aphyllon uniflorum (L.) Torr. & Gray, Orobanche porphyrantha G. Beck, Orobanche purpurea Jacq., Orobanche sedii (Suksdorf) Fech., Orobanche terrae-novae Fern., Orobanche uniflora L. ssp. occidentalis (Greene) Abrams ex Ferris, Orobanche uniflora L. var. minuta (Suksdorf) G. Beck, Orobanche uniflora L. var. occidentalis (Greene) Taylor & MacBryde, Orobanche uniflora L. var. purpurea (Heller) Achey, Orobanche uniflora L. var. purpurea (Heller) Munz, Orobanche uniflora L. var. sedii (Suksdorf) Achey, Orobanche uniflora L. var. terrae-novae (Fern.) Munz, Orobanche uniflora L. var. typica Achey, Thalesia uniflora (L.) Britton

Common names:

Beech-drops (1929) (157)

Broomrape (1840) (19)

Cancer-drops [Cancer drops] (1828) (7)

Cancer-root [Cancer root] (1840-1929) (5, 19, 93, 157, 158)

Ghost-pipe [Ghostpipe] (1942) (155)

Naked broomrape [Naked broom-rape] (1900-1936) (5, 93, 156, 157, 158)

One-flower (1937, TX) (122)

One-flower broomrape [One-flowered broom-rape Oneflowered broomrape] (1878-Present) (5, 50, 86, 93, 97, 156, 157, 158)

One-flower cancer-root [One-flowered cancerroot, one-flowered cancer-root] (1923-1977) (3, 156)

Pale broomrape [Pale broom-rape] (1900-1936) (5, 72, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Squaw-drops [Squaw drops] (1828-1932) (5, 7, 92, 156)

Squawroot [Squaw root, Squaw-root] (1840) (19)