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Santalaceae>Comandra

Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006

Uncommon to common in dry soils statewide, this species is hemiparasitic, meaning that it steals some of its nutrition by attaching to the roots of other plants.

Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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