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Cistanche mimii is a new species of Cistanche, discovered in Israel recently and published on August 2025.
A holoparasitic (achlorophyllous) herb, with a thick, glabrous stem, often lanuginose in the lower part of the inflorescence and immediately beneath, swollen and fleshy at the base. flowers are pale white-cream with yellow.

Similar species: Lamiales
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Ori Fragman Sapir

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Uploaded Mar 18, 2022. Captured Mar 17, 2022 14:15 in QQJ9+WC Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel.
  • SM-G998B
  • f/1.8
  • 1/1924s
  • ISO50
  • 6.7mm