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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 08:29:59 PM

Title: ID parasitic plant
Post by: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 08:29:59 PM

I found this plant (Lathrea?) on the rim of Volcano Nemrut, east Turkey.
Any suggestions?

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: majallison on January 21, 2011, 08:31:57 PM

Isn't it an Orobanche?

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 08:37:05 PM

You are probably right, Malcolm, but which one ???

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: PDJ on January 21, 2011, 08:37:50 PM

Yes it is an Orobanche.

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: PDJ on January 21, 2011, 08:42:45 PM

Just looking through my books and it looks like orobanche rapum-genistea.

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: Pascal B on January 21, 2011, 09:08:04 PM

You might try looking at this site devoted to the nonphotosynthetic plants:

http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche.Gallery.html

Title: Re: ID parasitic plant
Post by: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 11:48:47 PM

Quote from: PDJ on January 21, 2011, 08:42:45 PM

Just looking through my books and it looks like orobanche rapum-genistea.

I don't think rapum-genista fits, neither form nor distribution ???

Quote from: Pascal B on January 21, 2011, 09:08:04 PM

You might try looking at this site devoted to the nonphotosynthetic plants:

http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche.Gallery.html

Have to look carefullythrough this link, thank you ;D