Pyrularia pubera
Pyrularia pubera shrub in the sandalwood family which grows through the eastern United States from New York to Alabama, being mostly found in the Appalachian mountains. It is commonly referred to as buffalo nut.[1] It grows up to 4m tall mostly in the shade of other trees. It is a parasitic plant, specifically a hemiparasite which while still photosynthetic, will also parasitize the roots of other plants around it. It can parasitize many hosts.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrularia |
| Species: | P. pubera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrularia pubera Michx. | |
References
- Pyrularia pubera, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile, September 25, 2020
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Pyrularia pubera". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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