alleryStart learning →Broomrape and toothwort have no chlorophyll. How do they get food?
AFrom sunlight in leaves
BFrom roots of other plants
CBy trapping insects
DFrom moist gases in air
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. From roots of other plants
Without chlorophyll they cannot make sugars, so they take all nutrients from other plants' roots.
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