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Cistanche
Cistanche is a Eurasian and African genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cistanche phelypaea
complexCistanche phelypaea
desert hyacinth
speciesCistanche tubulosa
Cistanche salsa
speciesCistanche salsa
Cistanche violacea
speciesCistanche violacea
Cistanche deserticola
speciesCistanche deserticola
Cistanche mimii
speciesCistanche mimii
Cistanche tinctoria
speciesCistanche tinctoria
Cistanche flava
speciesCistanche flava
Cistanche fissa
speciesCistanche fissa
Cistanche rosea
speciesCistanche rosea
Cistanche laxiflora
speciesCistanche laxiflora
Cistanche mauritanica
speciesCistanche mauritanica
Cistanche mongolica
speciesCistanche mongolica
Cistanche ridgewayana
speciesCistanche ridgewayana
Cistanche senegalensis
speciesCistanche senegalensis
Cistanche armena
speciesCistanche armena
Cistanche christisonioides
speciesCistanche christisonioides
Cistanche lanzhouensis
speciesCistanche lanzhouensis
Cistanche sinensis
speciesCistanche sinensis
Cistanche aethiopica
speciesCistanche aethiopica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 49557.