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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Orobanche minor
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read about Bean Stranglers from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Small Broomrape is unbranched and without chlorophyll; it is thus brown to yellowish in color. The flowers are crowded near the top, pale yellowish and tubular. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orobanche minor
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Orobanche minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Orobanche minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-03-002:
Orobanche minor FAMILY Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Orobanche minor
COMMON NAME:
Lesser Broomrape, Small Broomrape, Hellroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ormi_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_345
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Orobanche minor
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orobanche minor
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Orobanche minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Orobanche minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-03-002:
Orobanche minor
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Orobanche minor
2458
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Mesic hammocks, cultivated fields, parasitic on various hosts, especially Trifolium, Nicotiana tabacum, and Solanum lycopersicum, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- SC List of Regulated Pest Plant Species, 2017
- USDA Federal Noxious Weeds, 091820
LEAVES:
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-yellowish
2-lipped 4-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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