In botanical terms, plant parasites are classified a bit differently than the aforementioned parasitic animals. Botanists ...

Parasitic plants use a structure called a haustorium to penetrate their host plant ... The Indian paintbrush or Castilleja is only a partial parasite. It makes some of the nutrition it needs to ...

"Plants use strigolactones to attract fungi in the soil that have a beneficial relationship with plant roots." Unfortunately for farmers, parasitic weeds have learned to hijack the strigolactone ...