Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

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Tim Fitzharris / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Eriophyllum (Eriophyllum sp) and Desert Hyacinth flowers, Portal Ridge, California

Mark Payne-Gill / Desert hyacinth / Broomrape {Orobanchaceae} parasitic plant Bahrain

Claudio Contreras / Desert hyacinth (Triteleia guadalupensis) flower, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Desert hyacinth (Triteleia guadalupensis) flower, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March, digitally enhanced, some cloning to the petals

Claudio Contreras / Desert hyacinth (Triteleia guadalupensis) flower, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March