The swollen underground stem of a Dactylanthus plant atop the host root on which the plant depends for its food. The rough warty surface is formed by the remaining bases of old, broken-off flowering shoots. Dactylanthus is the most southerly occurring and only New Zealand member of the family Balanophoraceae. All members of this unusual largely tropical family depend completely on a host plant for their sustenance.
DAVID BLAKE/FRI
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Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 24
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69The swollen underground stem of a Dactylanthus plant atop the host root on which the plant depends for its food. The rough warty surface is formed by the remaining bases of old, broken-off flowering shoots. Dactylanthus is the most southerly occurring and only New Zealand member of the family Balanophoraceae. All members of this unusual largely tropical family depend completely on a host plant for their sustenance. DAVID BLAKE/FRI Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 24
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