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Cooper's broom-rape This plant is a root parasite on desert shrubs including burrobush, brittlebush, and likely creosote, Death Valley NP, California Geotagged,Orobanche cooperi,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Cooper's broom-rape

This plant is a root parasite on desert shrubs including burrobush, brittlebush, and likely creosote, Death Valley NP, California

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    Beautiful and interesting plant. Posted 8 months ago
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      Thank you, Neptune. The creative adaptations of plants continue to amaze. Posted 7 months ago

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The Desert Broomrape

"Orobanche cooperi" is a species of broomrape native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a parasite growing attached to the roots of other plants, usually members of the Asteraceae.

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Similar species: Lamiales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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  • f/10.0
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO1600
  • 21mm