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Cytinus ruber this is how it looks in full bloom: <br /> <a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73331" rel="nofollow">https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73331</a><br /> <br /> a parasite on the roots of the hairy rockrose. here the flowers are still closed, and it looks like little red pomegranates. when they open, they are white. <br /> this is the Hairy rockrose: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73322/cistus_creticus_-_hairy_rockrose.html" title="Cistus creticus - Hairy Rockrose"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3519/73322_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=LXWiQpM2bYQVcwDgEN0kUwEc0E4%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Cistus creticus - Hairy Rockrose Cistus creticus,Geotagged,Hairy Rockrose,Israel,Winter" /></a></figure> Cytinus ruber,Geotagged,Israel,Winter,parasitic Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Cytinus ruber

this is how it looks in full bloom:
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73331

a parasite on the roots of the hairy rockrose. here the flowers are still closed, and it looks like little red pomegranates. when they open, they are white.
this is the Hairy rockrose:

Cistus creticus - Hairy Rockrose Cistus creticus,Geotagged,Hairy Rockrose,Israel,Winter

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    AWESOME! I absolutely love parasitic plants! So interesting! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Yael Orgad's profile
      Yael Orgad
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      thank you :-) I really like these ones :-)
       Posted 6 years ago

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The Red Rockrose-Parasite

A species of parasitic plant in the Cytinaceae family.

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Similar species: Malvales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Jan 26, 2019. Captured Mar 15, 2018 10:32 in Abba Khoushy Ave, Nesher, Israel.
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  • COOLPIX P600
  • f/3.8
  • 10/500s
  • ISO100
  • 6.3mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

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