Sasol First Field Guide to Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of Southern AfricaThis field guide introduces the little-documented world of parasitic and carnivorous plants, a category of flora that is often overlooked. This title explains how these unusual plants grow and reproduce, and why they are dependent on other species in order to flourish. |
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20 cm high 40 mm long animals bladder trap bladderworts BROOMRAPE FAMILY calyx Cape carnivorous plants covered with glandular crustaceans diameter with oblong dodder FAMILY Identification FAMILY Other name flaring petals fleshy holoparasitic herb FLOWERING MISTLETOE FAMILY flowers are carried flowers are pollinated flowers are tubular Flypaper trap fynbos germinate glands glandular hairs haustoria haustorium high with narrow high with scale-like host branch Host plants Hydnora inkflower Harveya insectivorous herb insects Kaapse leathery leaves nutrients orange Parasite type parasiteG parasitic and carnivorous parasitic herb parasitic plants photosynthesis pink to mauve pitcher plants pollinated by sunbirds racemes Root parasite scale-like leaves shrubs Slender hemiparasitic herb Small insects southern Africa species stamens Stem parasite sticky SUMACH FAMILY sundew Drosera SUNDEW FAMILY tentacles Thesium Trap type trapdoor trapG tubular with flaring Twiggy hemiparasite type and prey type of trap Utricularia Various grasses Various trees Venus flytrap Western Cape witchweed yellow throat