Buchnera linearis

Buchnera linearis, the blackrod, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. A short lived, semi-parasitic herb up to 60 cm tall, found in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. This species was one of the many first described by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.^[1][2][3]

blackrod
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Buchnera
Species:	B. linearis
Binomial name
Buchnera linearis R.Br.