Interesting plant found in my yard

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GermanStar
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Interesting plant found in my yard

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I had never seen these before today, and was instantly fascinated by the lovely flowers and stout stalks, They're growing very near a couple of my large Agaves, which they may be parasitizing. They aren't succulents, but they are desert dwellers. Meet Orobanche cooperi, Desert Broomrape. Now I have to decide what to do about them, if anything.

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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
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Re: Interesting plant found in my yard

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They usually only come up after a good rainy winter season. Should be all kinds of rare bloomers coming out this spring.
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