🌿 Family

Lennoaceae

3 species · Plants

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Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Lennoaceae
Pholisma arenarium Nutt.

Pholisma arenarium Nutt.

Pholisma arenarium Nutt.

Pholisma arenarium is a root-parasitic, non-chlorophyllous flowering plant native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern US, with an edible root portion.
Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex A.Gray) Yatsk.

Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex A.Gray) Yatsk.

Pholisma sonorae (Torr. ex A.Gray) Yatsk.

Pholisma sonorae is a parasitic, non-chlorophyllous perennial sand dune herb that was an important traditional food for some desert Native American peoples.
Lennoa madreporoides Lex.

Lennoa madreporoides Lex.

Lennoa madreporoides Lex.

Lennoa madreporoides is the only species in the monotypic flowering plant genus Lennoa, a root parasite native from Mexico to Venezuela.

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Boraginaceae 181 species Hydrophyllaceae 96 species Cordiaceae 14 species Ehretiaceae 14 species Namaceae 14 species Heliotropiaceae 13 species Codonaceae 1 species Coldeniaceae 1 species

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