One-flowered Broomrape

I saw this plant for the very first time yesterday evening, on a Summer Solstice botany walk out at Bow Valley Provincial Park. The park is right at the foot of the most eastern edge of the mountains - a beautiful wetland area. This plant has a single whitish, yellowish or purplish flower, 15-25 mm long, on each stem. These are parasitic plants, attaching themselves to the roots of other plants because they lack chlorophyll and cannot produce their own food through photosynthesis. Also called One-flowered Cancer Root.

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