Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
06 / 10 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
International
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City
Shaska Valley
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Posted by
chris561
Notes:
This picture was taken in June 2014 in Kyrgystan south of Lake Issyk-Kul in the Shaska Valley at an alitude of about 4500 ft. What are these brown cones? Cacti??
Comments
Laura Unregistered says:
Looks like Red Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum)
December 4th, 2014 at 4:36pm
chris561 Registered says:
The brown cones are about 6-8″ high
November 14th, 2014 at 10:05pm
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Are they growing near dead or decaying trees or other plants? They somewhat resemble certain parasitic growths called groundcones (Boschniakia) or Squawroot (Conopholis americana) though from the picture it’s difficult to determine the size of the cones.
November 9th, 2014 at 7:03am