Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled or upper alternate, usually linear, entire or deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme or spike. Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate; the teeth white-woolly inside. Corolla with short tube and 5 spreading lobes. Stamens 4; anthers 2-thecous, one cell perfect, the other much smaller, sterile. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous. Worldwide: 60 species occurring in the tropical Old World and South Africa Botswana: 2 taxa. |
No image yet |
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| mannii Skan var. tenuifolia (Engl. & Gilg) Hepper | Description, Image | |
| simplex (Hochst.) Hochst. |