What are you, little weird purple flowers?

[bunn]

I found a lot of these in the woods down near the Tamar Bridge on the Devon side of the river, and I've never seen them before. They had a slight scent. I thought they were crocusses at first from a distance, but they have weird hooks on the flowers, and the growth habit wasn't quite crocussy when you look at them close up either.

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[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Ooh, lovely!

It looks a little like Lousewort, though that usually has frilly leaves... Maybe something in the same family?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Ladyofastolat has pinned it down - it's purple toothwort! What a weird plant.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! Purple and parasitic! I wonder if it grows round here...