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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.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
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Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Pholisma sonorae</em>
Common Name
Sand Food
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