Toothwort is a parasitic plant -- on hazel in this location. It has no leaves or chlorophyll.
You only see it when flowers. The rest of the year its fleshy shoots are below ground feeding on the hazel roots.
Greenfinches & Goldfinches feeding on a wildflower lawn, 20 January 2025, West Sussex, UK
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