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Papa de Monte (Potatoe of the woodland)

Prosopanche americana

Description:

This is the weirdest flower I have ever seen. Papa de Monte (potato of the woodland) is a parasite plant which parasite plants of Prosopis' genus.

Habitat:

Central Argentina. It is a plant common to find in caldén woodland (Prosopis caldenia)

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2 Comments

MarianaChiuffo
MarianaChiuffo 12 years ago

Thank you Karen!!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Interesting spot!
Welcome to Project Noah Mariana!

MarianaChiuffo
Spotted by
MarianaChiuffo

La Pampa, Argentina

Spotted on May 30, 2011
Submitted on Dec 24, 2011

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