A look back on the dark story of a prairie parasite for the stormy days. The Vampire Orobanche uniflora below the ruins of a bracken fern It was a dark and stormy prairie. The oscillating early spring was in turmoil with much emergence, with newly burning sun streaks and the biting chill and rain. And there is something underground. It lurks silently, unseen, unheard, but always there, if you know where to look and if you dare. From coast to coast of states united, and southe
