desert Christmas tree (Pholisma arenarium)
Pholisma arenarium is a root-parasitic plant of southwestern US deserts. It grows in sandy soils, producing purplish-brown cones above ground, attached to host shrub.
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Synonyms
Lennoa arenaria E.Fourn.
Pholisma depressum Greene
Pholisma paniculatum B.C.Templeton
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderBoraginales
- familyBoraginaceae
- genusPholisma
- speciesPholisma arenarium