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Sunday 29 April 2012

Toothwort; an extraordinary parasitic plant.

Toothwort flowers emerge from under hazel trees in the Long Plantation near Kingswood, Surrey at this time of year.  It is the only time that you see it as it is entirely parasitic on the roots of the host tree and spends the rest of the year underground.  It has no chlorophyll or leaves.

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