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Striga hermonthica
Herbaceous parasitic plant some 40 cm tall, with pale-pink to pink flowers. Flowers are about 3 to 4 cm in length.
In Africa and with subsistence farmers, this plant is a serious problem, greatly affecting various crops: sorghum, rice, millet, maize and sugarcane. Here observed in maize fields, in lowlands and on banks of river, in central Nigeria.
Spotted on Oct 5, 2018
Submitted on Jan 11, 2019
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I love it when that happens!
Wow - after two years of not moving anywhere with this one, today I fell totally by chance on a pic similar to my ones...