Toothwort - Lathraea squamaria
Low to short parasitic, rhizomatous, white, lilac or pinkish plant. Leaves are scale like, fleshy and alternate. Flowers cylindrical, two lipped, 14 to 17 mm long and half nodding in a one sided spike.
Parasitic on the roots of various trees and shrubs such as Hazel, Alder, Beech and Elm.
Flowers March to May.
Parasitic perennial.
Widespread but rather local in Britain.
Infrequent and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 10 of the 617 tetrads.
martindgrimes
Clipsham, Yew Tree Avenue
18 April 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Toothwort
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Lamiales
- Family:
- Orobanchaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 26/04/2015 (Cook, Joni)
- Last record:
- 18/04/2022 (Grimes, Martin)
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martindgrimes
Clipsham Park Wood
13 May 2021
JoniCook
Launde Park Wood
26 April 2015
