Parasitic Plants Pictures With Names

These plants are stem parasites.

Parasitic plants pictures with names. Plants and algae that grow on the host plant using it as an attachment point are given the designation epiphytic epilithic is the name given to plantsalgae that use rocks or boulders for attachment while not necessarily parasitic some species occur in high correlation with a certain host species suggesting that they rely on the host. Some root hemiparasites can actually grow to maturity in the absence of a host plant and hence are termed facultative hemi parasites. The next vine like stem parasite is australian dodder cuscuta australis. Browse parasitic plants pictures photos images gifs and videos on photobucket.

Parasitic plant desert hyacinth cistanche tubulosa dhanoon tartuth with a host plant salt tolerant succulent arthrocnemum macrostachyum glasswort local name shnaan in purple island jazirat bin ghanim. Dodder cuscuta sp is a fairly well known group of parasitic plants that form iconic masses of yellow leafless vines over their hosts. These photographs have copyrights. It seems to have a local malay name rambut putri.

It grows on the bark of a number of texas shade trees. Dodder is the common name of a group of parasitic plants in the morning glory family or the convolvulaceae. Dodder plants are aggressive and use root like organs called haustoria to penetrate the stems of their hosts and siphon off their water and nutrients often to the point of host death. Parasitic plants photo gallery bring your mouse over a parasitic plant name on the list at your left to see the photograph.

The next group of parasitic plants are vines and they are leafless. The plant is said to be filiform which means that its body resembles filament thread or yarn. The first of these plants on my list is love vine cassytha filiformis. English alfalfa dodder cistanca common toothwort crested cow wheat knapweed broomrape lesser dodder meadow eyebright orthantha lutea wormwood broomrape yarrow broomrape.

Saprophytic plants list in alphabetical order. Parasitic and epiphytic plants ball moss plant tillandsia recurvata. Ball moss is an epiphyte. Such hemi parasites include root parasites such as indian paintbrush castilleja scrophulariaceae and stem parasites such as mistletoes loranthaceae viscaceae.

Ball moss has caused concern among homeowners in the southwest part of texas for many years.