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Catsnails
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Catsnails

Hyobanche

Hyobanche are a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to southern Africa. They are root parasites that cannot perform photosynthesis, and are only observed above ground when flowering.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Inkblom

speciesHyobanche sanguinea

Red Catsnails

speciesHyobanche rubra

Garden Route Catsnails

speciesHyobanche robusta

Beach Catsnails

speciesHyobanche thinophila

Black Catsnails

speciesHyobanche atropurpurea

Desert Catsnails

speciesHyobanche barklyi

Eastern Catsnails

speciesHyobanche fulleri

Maroon Catsnails

speciesHyobanche hanekomii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119204.