| Cistanche tubulosa | |
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| Cistanche tubulosa (broomrape in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, Negev, southern Israel) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Cistanche |
| Species: | C. tubulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Hook.f.
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Cistanche tubulosa is a desert heterotrophic species in the genus Cistanche. It lacks chlorophyll and obtains nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots it parasitizes.