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Orobanche caryophyllacea Smith (Bedstraw Broomrape, Clove-scented Broomrape)

Images etc

naked eye photograph Flower spike 156 by 500 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Orobanche caryophyllacea 8 June 2004 East Kent England 7

Suggested Literature

Orobanche caryophyllacea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Orobanche caryophyllacea is associated with:

Photos tuber Rubiaceae - madder, goosegrass and bedstraws underground tuber parasitises root Foreign Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos tuber Galium - bedstraws (Rubiaceae) underground tuber parasitises root UK/Ireland Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos tuber Galium mollugo - Hedge Bedstraw (Rubiaceae) underground tuber parasitises root UK/Ireland Major Stace, C., 1997
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985

Associated with Orobanche caryophyllacea:

Orobanche caryophyllacea may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Orobanche
(broomrapes)

References

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)

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