COMMON BROOMRAPE

Orobanche Minor

Broomrape Family [Orobanchaceae]

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22nd Sept 2005, Winsford, Trent & Mersey Canal.

Photo: © RWD

Short plant lacking chlorophyll parasitic on a range of other host plants.

22nd Sept 2005, Winsford, Trent & Mersey Canal.

Photo: © RWD

Stems reddish purple and covered in hairs, tubular mauve-coloured flowers, whitish at the fringed and slightly flared opening.

22nd Sept 2005, Winsford, Trent & Mersey Canal.

Photo: © RWD

Hairs have globular terminations. Flowers may be yellowish within. Each flower has one bract immediately below it.

22nd Sept 2005, Winsford, Trent & Mersey Canal.

Photo: © RWD

Flowers are said to be two-lipped... Hmmm.

Easily confused with : other Broomrapes, of which there are several, but most are named after their specific host, such as Thyme Broomrape, Oxtongue Broomrape, Bedstraw Broomrape, Bean Broomrape, Knapweed Broomrape, Ivy Broomrape, Carrot Broomrape, Yarrow Broomrape, Hemp Broomrape or Thistle Broomrape whereas Common Broomrape can host on many differing plants but especially Clover, Wild Carrot and others of the Daisy Family.

Three others like it are a subspecies: Orobanche minor subsp. maritima (Carrot Broomrape) and two variations: Orobanche minor var. compositarum and Orobanche minor var. flava.

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