Orobanche rapum-genistae Thuill., 1800

Common names

🇬🇧 Greater Broomrape
🇫🇷 Orobanche du genêt

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Orobancheae
Genus: Orobanche
Species: Orobanche rapum-genistae

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Parasitic on Cytisus, Genista and Ulex spp. Already found on C. scoparius (L.) Link, 1822.

Photographs

img/orobanche-rapum-genistae.webp — Orobanche rapum-genistae

img/orobanche-rapum-genistae-2.webp — Orobanche rapum-genistae

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 861). Biotope.