Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd.
(Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)
GenusOrobanche (broomrapes)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape) :
1: Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)
12 Jun 2007 OSGR: SW61 49° 60’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Image 1: Flowering shoot - close-upImage 2: Flowering shoot - in situImage 3: Inflorescence - close-upImage 4: Flower bud - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Flower - face view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Flower - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Flower - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Flower - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Flower - top view - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)
10 Sep 2003 OSGR: SW61 49° 60’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
with Wild Thyme
Image 1: Plant with host

Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Orobanche alba (Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)