One Day Like This...

By LicentiousLib

Clandestine parasite

Isn't this an unusual looking thing?


It's Lathraea clandestina or purple toothwort. It's parasitic on the roots of alder, poplar and willow but also carnivorous on insects.

I DO like unusual things. This one isn't mine alas, but was in a clump at The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

We were in visiting the Amorphophallus, but I've already blipped a pic of that and I'm sure there are LOADS of blips of it in flower around..

So after we visited THE plant, (and got co-opted to help out a little), daughter and I enjoyed a leisurely wander round the gardens, looking at less obvious attractions.

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