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Buchnera linearis (Buchnera linearis)

Description

A small semi-parasitic herb up to about 6 0 cm tall though often less. Leaves usually opposite they vary from linear at the top of the plant to elliptical towards base. Flowers borne in a terminal raceme, Corolla lobes more or less equal in size, not distinctly 2-lipped as in a similar species Striga, white to purple in colour. Fruit a capsule.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Orobanchaceae

              • Genus: Buchnera