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Hydnora visseri Hydnoraceae


Karasburg District, Namibia. 29 December 2002

floral visitor. Karasburg District, Namibia. 29 December 2002

floral visitors. Karasburg District, Namibia. 29 December 2002

young "plants" on Euphorbia caputmedusae roots. Photo by S.Carlquist.

Dermestid beetle in flower.

below, dark) parasitizing Euphorbia mauritanica (above, light). Young bud and aborted bud. Kanikwa south, 2.2 k on Kleinsee road, 14 km east of McDougalls Bay turnoff. 14 September 2003.

fruit. Karasburg District, Namibia. 28 December 2002

Surface of osmophoric region

Floral visitor. Karasburg District, Namibia. 28 December 2002

Osmophoric hairs on edge of perianth. Photo courtesy Sherwin Carlquist.

dark) parasitizing Euphorbia mauritanica (lighter roots). Kanikwa south, 2.2 k on Kleinsee road, 14 km east of McDougalls Bay turnoff. 14 September 2003.

WARNING:  Accurate determination of this plant or fungus depends on more than this single image.