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Image Title: Allotropa virgata
Image Credit: Sherwin Carlquist
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- The flowers of Allotropa are white but turn brown quickly. Each flower has give sepals, but no petals. That's why you see the reddish stamens so prominently here. The tips of the stamens point toward the center of the flower.

Return to the Allotropa virgata page or the Parasitic Plant Index.

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