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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!

生息地: Forests

外見

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.

PlantaeTracheophytaMagnoliopsidaLamialesOrobanchaceaeLathraea
Common Toothwort
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Common Toothwort

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

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!

特殊能力

能力

Root Siphon

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

能力

Underground Networker

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

能力

Early Bird Bloomer

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

サイズと詳細

高さ
10-25 cm
広がり
5-15 cm
花の大きさ
1-1.5 cm
開花時期
Spring (March-May)
食用
はい
毒性
なし
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

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.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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

よくある質問

Common Toothwortの高さは何ですか?

10-25 cm

Common Toothwortの広がりは何ですか?

5-15 cm

Common Toothwortの花の大きさは何ですか?

1-1.5 cm

Common Toothwortの開花時期は何ですか?

Spring (March-May)

Common Toothwortの食用は何ですか?

はい

Common Toothwortの毒性は何ですか?

なし

Common Toothwortのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

Common Toothwortの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

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