I got an email from Nextdoor earlier With the subject line "Broomrape on Portsdown Hill". Before I found out it's the name of a plant, I had never seen such a jaw dropping headline.
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Two Hats ๐ฉ๐ฉ, Fri 13 Jun 2025, 17:18,
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"Broomrape seedlings put out a root-like growth, which attaches to the roots of nearby hosts. Once attached to a host, the broomrape robs its host of water and nutrients"
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theniwokeup has been awake since, Fri 13 Jun 2025, 21:42,
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oh fuck well worth the effort to work out i mean, it doesn't look very difficult to type
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