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Lathraea
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Lathraea

Lathraea (toothwort) is a small genus of five to seven species of flowering plants, native to temperate Europe and Asia. They are parasitic plants on the roots of other plants, and are completely lacking chlorophyll. They are classified in the family Orobanchaceae.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Toothwort

speciesLathraea squamaria

Purple Toothwort

speciesLathraea clandestina

Lathraea rhodopea

speciesLathraea rhodopea

Lathraea japonica

speciesLathraea japonica

Lathraea purpurea

speciesLathraea purpurea

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Where it lives

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Lathraea in History of Plants in Four Books

History of Plants in Four Books

Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.199

Lathraea in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.565

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60096.