Hyobanche atropurpurea Bolus

A parasitical herb, leafless, minutely glandular-puberulous, 3-4 in. high, dark purple nearly throughout; spike dense, subterminal; bract of the upper flowers oblong or tongue-shaped, obtuse, patent at the apex, 4/5 in. long; bracteoles 2, linear, acuminate, erect-patent, 4/5 in. long; calyx veined, as long as the bracteoles, deeply 5-lobed; segments equal, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, three times as long as the tube; corolla about 1 in. long, cucullate, veined, shortly tubular, sparingly puberulous outside, glabrous within; tube about 1/3 in. long, 1/12 in. in diam. at the base, 1/4 in. in diam. at the top, obovoid; mouth obovate, widely open, oblique; lobes triangular, front one subulate; stamens not exceeding the corolla; style shortly bilamellate and stigmatose-thickened at the apex, glabrous; upper part of the flower and bracts of a deep claret-red, shading off into rose, with yellow at base.