Yellow Broomrape (Cistanche phelypaea]) grows at Praia da Amoreira the Costa Vicentina Park Algarve Portugal Mediterranean

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Cistanche is a worldwide genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitise. #/1parasita

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Location: Atlantic coast Praia da Amoreira the Costa Vincentina Park Algarve Portugal Europe
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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