Researchers uncover unique insect-plant relationship: ants and crickets pollinate and disperse Balanophora seeds.

About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

Root parasitic plants cause as much as US$10 billion in ... Striga seeds are tiny and powdery, and each flower can produce more than 100,000 seeds at a time, making it impossible to remove them ...

Sumatran rainforests have produced another plant known as the corpse flower, the giant padma, Rafflesia arnoldii. This parasitic plant has no leaves or stems. It spends most of its life as long ...

Parasitic plants can be holoparasites, with virtually no chlorophyll and thus completely ... It grows only 2–12 inches tall, with one drooping, bell-shaped flower per stem. During flowering season, ...

tubiflorus fruit. Parasitic Plants Rely on Unusual Method to Spread Their Seeds (Fig. 3) Parasitic Plants Rely on Unusual Method to Spread Their Seeds (Fig. 5) ...

With Christmas arriving at a super-fast pace this year, we will be decorating our homes with evergreen trees, wreaths and of course, mistletoe. Who hasn’t been kissed under this plant, either in years ...