Question

Which of the following is not a parasitic plant ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct option is

C

Cuscuta

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant. Agriculturalists consider cuscuta a destructive weed and attempt to eradicate it. It parasitizes wild and cultivated plants, and is especially destructive to such commercially valuable crops as flax, alfalfa , beans, and potatoes. It also grows on such common ornamentals as English ivy, petunias, dahlias, and Chrysanthemum.

Answer 2

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant. Agriculturalists consider cuscuta a destructive weed and attempt to eradicate it. It parasitizes wild and cultivated plants, and is especially destructive to such commercially valuable crops as flax, alfalfa , beans, and potatoes. It also grows on such common ornamentals as English ivy, petunias, dahlias, and Chrysanthemum.