Rhynchocorys stricta 

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At a medium distance this was an attractive, brightly coloured flower of medium height but at close range the flowers appear to resemble little yellow elephants. This one is an annual but the similarity was noticed by the discovering German botanist Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, who named the similar looking perennial plant: Rhynchocorys elephas.

Rhynchocorys stricta is a hemiparasitic plant in the Orobanchaceae family found mostly in sub alpine, damp or wet meadows. It is endemic to eastern Turkey and the Caucasus.

 

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Rhynchocorys stricta No English name

Field opposite hotel in Lagonaki, Russian Caucasus 22nd June 2016

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Rhynchocorys stricta No English name

Field opposite hotel in Lagonaki, Russian Caucasus 22nd June 2016

Added on July 15th 2016

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