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On north facing serpentine slope burned by the 2015 Valley Fire. Possible host Yerba Santa.

I was wondering why it seemed to have no leaves. Turns out this is a parasitic plant that gets its nutrients from the roots of nearby plants.

Apparently parasitizing this Eriodictyon

Amid Eriogonum wrightii

When I last came here (15 Apr) there was one plant blooming. Today there are 4.

22 plants in total.

Just north of Pine Mountain Road, Los Padres National Forest

White instead of purple, found with Artemisia frigida

Possibly parasitizing Dalea sp or Hoffmannseggia repens

Oribanchi

Doble Cemetery, Big Bear, Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino National Forest, California

Survey of Old Morris Ranch Road, Garner Valley.

This parasitic plant was seen growing on Eriogonum fasciculatum.

Obstruction Point to Deer Park Trail, Olympic National Park

Growing from roots of Wyoming big sagebrush mixed with shadscale.

Scattered over entire hillside.