Image: Pholisma sonorae

Description: Pholisma sonorae (sand food) is a rare plant found in the deserts of southeastern California, Arizona, and El Gran Diesierto in Sonora, Mexico. This parasitic plant has a long stem that reaches about 6 feet below the surface where it attaches to the root of a nearby host plant such as desert buckwheat. Photo credit: USFWS/Jim A. Bartel
Title: Pholisma sonorae
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Author: Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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