Scientific Name
Epifagus virginiana
Common Name
Beech-drops
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
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Height:
6 to 18 inches
Flower/fruit:
Yellowish, reddish or brown flowers in axils of scattered, dry scales
Flowering Season:
Late summer into fall
Foliage:
Scale-like leaves without green pigments; many-branched brownish tan to purplish stems arise from a thick, scaly base
Site:
Parasitic; only grows under beech trees
Comments:
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