Purple toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) in flower

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Purple toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) in flower. This plant is parasitic on old poplar trees. Also seen are the fertile fronds of a great horsetail (Equisetum telmateia). Photographed in Cambridge, UK.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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