| Pholisma | |
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| Pholisma arenarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Lennoaceae |
| Genus: | Pholisma Nutt. ex Hook. (1844) |
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Ammobroma Torr. (1867) | |
The genus Pholisma consists of three species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants. Pholisma belongs to the family Lennoaceae.2 (It may also be placed in a broadly circumscribed family Boraginaceae s.l.1)
Most notable of the genus is Pholisma sonorae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. The species is without chlorophyll and lives as a parasite on the roots of a number of desert species. Other species include Pholisma arenarium, the "desert Christmas tree", and Pholisma culiacana.
References
References
- Pholisma Nutt. ex Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- "Pholisma Nutt. ex Hook". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2025-12-18.