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Parasitic plants

From Nights 13 July 2015

Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley talks about the freeloaders of the plant world – parasitic plants.

Ileostylus micranthus mistletoe on salt marsh ribbonwood at Auckland Botanic Gardens

A native dwarf mistletoe Korthalsella salicornioides on manuka

Dactylanthus taylorii (Photo John Hobbs) NZ's only fully parasitic plant - a root parasite

Can you spot this Australian mistletoe it's slightly more yellow than its host gum tree

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