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Common toothwort, Schuppenwurz
Lathraea squamaria
51.0819, 10.5062
Field Notes
Description:
Perennial, herbaceous and parasitic plant with a 10-30 cm aboveground shoot. Flowers have a dull pinkish to purple color. The plant is almost completely lacking chlorophyll.
Habitat:
Parasitic on the roots of hazel and alder, occasionally on beech, in shady places. Widespread in Europe and West-Asia.
Notes:
Spotted in the Hainich National Park, a beech (Fagus sylvatica) dominated forest area in Northern Thuringia, Germany.
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