Desert Hyacinth

Project Noah Fact of the Day: Cistanche tubulosa is a holoparasitic desert plant species in the genus Cistanche. The plant lacks chlorophyll and obtains nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots it parasitizes. A holoparasitic plant sustains itself entirely through parasitism. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holoparasitic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistanche_tubulosa Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) spotted in United Arab Emirates by PN member SargonR. https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156476631485603/?type=3&theater&notif_t=scheduled_post_published