Boschniakia strobilacea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Orobancheae
Genus: Boschniakia
Species: Boschniakia strobilacea
Name

Boschniakia strobilacea A.Gray
References

in Pacif. Rail. Rep. iv. 118.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Boschniakia strobilacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Kopsiopsis strobilacea, the California groundcone, is a species of parasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae.[1][2][3] It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wooded areas and chaparral. It is a parasite of manzanitas and madrones, which it parasitizes by penetrating them with haustoria to tap nutrients. The groundcone is visible aboveground as a dark purplish or reddish to brown inflorescence up to 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Pale-margined purple flowers emerge from between the overlapping bracts.[2]

Formerly considered Boschniakia strobilacea, some taxonomists now place it in the genus Kopsiopsis on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.[4]
References

"Kopsiopsis (Beck) Beck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
"Kopsiopsis strobilacea". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
USDA Plants Profile for Boschniakia strobilacea
Yu, Wen-Bin (2013-01-29). "Nomenclatural clarifications for names in Boschniakia, Kopsiopsis and Xylanche (Orobanchaceae)". Phytotaxa. 77 (3): 40–42. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.77.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163.