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Interesting parasitic plant appears in shrub bed
While tidying the shrub beds we noticed this https://www.flickr.com/photos/124571319@N07/ It was identified by Devon Wildlife Trust as Lesser/Common broomrape, Orobanche minor. This quite strange plant has no obvious leaves and is parasitic and hosted by Senecio greyii, a fairly common cultivated shrub in this part of the world. The image shows the flower stalks growing up through the chipped bark, immediatly adjacent to a Senecio greyii. Further information at http://sppaccounts.bsbi.org.uk/content/orobanche-minor -- rbel |
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Interesting parasitic plant appears in shrub bed
On 11/06/2014 22:32, rbel wrote:
While tidying the shrub beds we noticed this https://www.flickr.com/photos/124571319@N07/ It was identified by Devon Wildlife Trust as Lesser/Common broomrape, Orobanche minor. This quite strange plant has no obvious leaves and is parasitic and hosted by Senecio greyii, a fairly common cultivated shrub in this part of the world. The image shows the flower stalks growing up through the chipped bark, immediatly adjacent to a Senecio greyii. Further information at http://sppaccounts.bsbi.org.uk/content/orobanche-minor Interesting plants, and IMO much rarer - or at least less noticeable - than orchids (which I always think they can look somewhat similar to). Funnily enough I was going round an NGS garden a couple of weeks ago and came across a patch of Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina). I'd seen this only two or three times previously. -- Jeff |
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Interesting parasitic plant appears in shrub bed
"Jeff Layman" wrote ...
rbel wrote: While tidying the shrub beds we noticed this https://www.flickr.com/photos/124571319@N07/ It was identified by Devon Wildlife Trust as Lesser/Common broomrape, Orobanche minor. This quite strange plant has no obvious leaves and is parasitic and hosted by Senecio greyii, a fairly common cultivated shrub in this part of the world. The image shows the flower stalks growing up through the chipped bark, immediatly adjacent to a Senecio greyii. Further information at http://sppaccounts.bsbi.org.uk/content/orobanche-minor Interesting plants, and IMO much rarer - or at least less noticeable - than orchids (which I always think they can look somewhat similar to). Funnily enough I was going round an NGS garden a couple of weeks ago and came across a patch of Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina). I'd seen this only two or three times previously. Yes, certainly very similar to the Birds Nest Orchid both in shape and colour. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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