Posted by Ross Guyton on June 9, 2011, 10:34 am
Hello, Does anybody know what the attached plant is? It is obviously in
its early stages and is growing in pasture in Wiltshire? Many thanks.
Ross
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Ross Guyton
Posted by echinosum on June 9, 2011, 11:44 am
Ross Guyton;926146 Wrote:
> Hello, Does anybody know what the attached plant is? It is obviously in
> its early stages and is growing in pasture in Wiltshire? Many thanks.
> Ross
I think that will turn out to be an orobanche (broomrape). They are
parasitic on other plants.
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echinosum
Posted by Kay Lancaster on June 9, 2011, 5:42 pm
Reminds me of a broomrape, genus Orobanche. Keep watching.
http://www.bioref.lastdragon.org/Magnoliophytina/Orobanche2.html
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> its early stages and is growing in pasture in Wiltshire? Many thanks.
> Ross