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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 Apr 15, 2020. Captured Apr 12, 2020 08:06 in 40, Israel.
  • DSC-RX100M7
  • f/5.0
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO100
  • 15.28mm