Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior) flower spikes with a clump of its host Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) in the background, Wiltshire, UK.

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Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior) two flower spikes with a clump of the species it parasitises, Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) in the background, chalk grassland meadow, Box, Wiltshire, UK, June.

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Size: 4570px × 6094px
Location: Box, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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