Yellow Ghost Flower
Aeginetia pedunculata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering
- September-November
How to identify Yellow Ghost Flower
Identify Yellow Ghost Flower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leafless parasitic herb with yellow flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Orobanchaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Ghost Flower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aeginetia pedunculata
- Genus
- Aeginetia
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and grasslands. On Humous rich soils in forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orobanchaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Ghost Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Orobanchaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നീലക്കുമിൾ
About Yellow Ghost Flower
Yellow Ghost flower (Aeginetia pedunculata) belongs to the Orobanchaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh. It grows in moist deciduous forests and grasslands. On Humous rich soils in forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to November.
Orobanchaceae
Broomrape Family
Yellow Ghost Flower belongs to the Orobanchaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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