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Title <em>Pholisma sonorae</em> Author Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA Keywords Pholisma sonorae Description Pholisma sonorae Ammobroma (Greek for "sand food") is the common name for this curious desert sand dune plant, a flowering plant parasitic on desert shrubs such as Tiquilia and Eriogonum. The only part of the plant normally visible above the sand surface is the inflorescence, which is 5 to 15 cm in diameter. Return to the Pholisma sonorae [1] page or the Parasitic Plant Index [2]. Publisher Botanical Society of America Additional data copyright: Carlquist, BSA license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license Collection Parasitic Plants Botanical Name <em>Pholisma sonorae</em> Common Name Sand Food Categories Image Not a cover image

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