Purple Toothwort, Roman River Valley Nature Reserve
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Purple Toothwort, Roman River Valley Nature Reserve by Roger Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Purple Toothwort, Roman River Valley Nature Reserve
Image: © Roger Jones Taken: 6 May 2013
Purple Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) is not native to the British Isles, and was introduced in the c19 as an ornamental garden plant. It is a parasite living on the roots of various trees. This colony in Roman River Valley Nature Reserve http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3448141 is most likely to have originated from a garden upstream.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.853319
Longitude
0.86051