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Checking out unusual botany
I saw a most unusual plant while hiking on Whidbey Island on the weekend, near a permanent brackish lagoon on the west side of the island.
This little cluster of flowers is Orobanche californica. It is a parasitic plant that does not have chlorophyll, so it cannot photosynthesize. Instead it gets nutrients via its roots by tapping into a neighbouring and different type of plant. It is in its own plant family, the Orobanchaceae.