Biology:Kopsiopsis strobilacea

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Short description: Species of plant

Kopsiopsis strobilacea
Boschniakia strobilacea 85384.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Kopsiopsis
Species:
K. strobilacea
Binomial name
Kopsiopsis strobilacea
(A.Gray) Beck

Kopsiopsis strobilacea, the California groundcone, is a species of parasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae.[1][2][3] It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wooded areas and chaparral. It is a parasite of manzanitas and madrones, which it parasitizes by penetrating them with haustoria to tap nutrients.[citation needed] The groundcone is visible aboveground as a dark purplish or reddish to brown inflorescence up to 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Pale-margined purple flowers emerge from between the overlapping bracts.[2]

Formerly considered Boschniakia strobilacea, some taxonomists now place it in the genus Kopsiopsis on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.[4]

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