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Cistanche
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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....read more on Wikipedia.
38 Cistanche species found, including:
Cistanche afghanicaCistanche ambiguaCistanche armenaCistanche christisonioidesCistanche compactaCistanche deserticoladesert-broomrapeCistanche fissaCistanche flava3Cistanche lanzhouensisCistanche laxiflora2Cistanche mauritanicaCistanche mongolicaCistanche phelypaeayellow broomrape3Cistanche ridgewayanaCistanche rosea2Cistanche salsabroomrapeCistanche sinensisCistanche tomentosa2Cistanche tubulosadesert hyacinth3Cistanche violacea
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| Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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