Lacking chlorophyll, they are not green, and obtain nutrients from neighboring green plants through a fungal intermediate.

They grow from an underground, burrowing stem which lacks chlorophyll and possesses ephemeral leaves that are small scales.

It ranges from close to sea level up to about 400 m. The plants lack chlorophyll and live as saprophytes.

The plants are small, and are white to pale green as a result of lacking chlorophyll.

As a parasite taking its nutrients from a host plant, it lacks leaves and chlorophyll.

Plants of this species are white as a result of lacking chlorophyll, and their plastids do not differentiate into chloroplasts.

The most popular cultivars are mutants which completely lack chlorophyll, exposing the underlying red, orange or yellow pigmentation.

It is cream or white in color, lacking chlorophyll.

The subterranean traps are white, lacking chlorophyll or any other pigmentation.

They are parasitic plants on the roots of other plants, and are completely lacking chlorophyll.