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Common Toothwort

Lathraea squamaria

Common Toothwort is a special plant that grows in shady forests. It has pretty purple flowers and doesn't have green leaves because it gets its food from tree roots!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Common Toothwort is a pale, fleshy plant with thick, purplish-pink stems that emerge from the ground. It lacks green leaves, instead having numerous pale, scale-like structures. Its bell-shaped, purplish-pink flowers cluster around the upper stem, making it look quite unlike typical green plants.

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Common Toothwort
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Common Toothwort

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Even though it looks strange, bumblebees love its sweet nectar in early spring!

It spends most of its life hidden completely underground, only popping up to bloom!

Its name comes from the tooth-like shape of the scales on its stem, not its roots!

This sneaky plant doesn't make its own food; it 'borrows' it from nearby tree roots!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Root Siphon

Common Toothwort can 'drink' nutrients directly from the roots of other trees, allowing it to grow without sunlight.

Fähigkeit

Underground Networker

Common Toothwort has extensive underground rhizomes that help it spread and store energy for many years.

Fähigkeit

Early Bird Bloomer

Common Toothwort emerges and flowers very early in spring before host trees fully leaf out, getting a head start.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-25 cm
Ausbreitung
5-15 cm
Blütengröße
1-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Spring (March-May)
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Hazel

Corylus avellana

Draws nutrients from hazel roots.

parasitizes

Field Elm

Ulmus minor

Feeds on the root systems of elm trees.

parasitizes

Aspen

Populus tremula

Attached to the roots of aspen trees.

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Attracted to its early spring flowers.

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Visits its nectar-rich blossoms.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch or eat any plants without asking an adult first.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Common Toothwort?

10-25 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Common Toothwort?

5-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Common Toothwort?

1-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Common Toothwort?

Spring (March-May)

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Common Toothwort?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Common Toothwort?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Common Toothwort?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Common Toothwort?

Insekten

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