Orobanche minor Sm.
(Common Broomrape)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Orobanche minor ssp maritima
a common broomrape
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 		Subspecies 5 images
Orobanche minor var pseudoamethystea
Sea Holly Common Broomrape
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 		Variety 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrobanche minor (Common 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 minor (Common Broomrape) :
1: Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape)
20 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in corporation flower beds
Image 1: Flower spikeImage 2: Flower - enlargedImage 3: Flower - enlarged (2)
2: Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape)
23 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Plant

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Thoorogood, C.J. & Rumsey, F. 2020 An account of Common Broomrape Orobanche minor (Orobanchaceae) in the British Isles British & Irish Botany Vol 2(3): 223-239.

Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape)
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