Orobanche minor Sm., 1797

🇬🇧 Common Broomrape

🇫🇷 Orobanche à petites fleurs

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 minor

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Highly variable in colors. Parasitic on many families including Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae, especially Trifolium spp. Often found on T. pratense L., 1753, also found on T. campestre Schreb., 1804.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

O. minor var. grisebachii (Reut.) Hadidy, 1995;
O. minor var. maritima (Pugsley) Rumsey & Jury, 1989;
O. minor var. minor Sm., 1797, P;
O. minor var. palaestina (Reut.) Pau ex Cuatrec., 1929;
O. minor var. pseudoamethystea Thorogood & Rumsey, 2020;
O. minor var. strangulata J.A.Guim., 1904.

Photographs

img/orobanche-minor.webp — *Orobanche minor*

img/orobanche-minor-2.webp — *Orobanche minor*

img/orobanche-minor-3.webp — *Orobanche minor*

img/orobanche-minor-4.webp — *Orobanche minor*

img/orobanche-minor-5.webp — *Orobanche minor*

Sources

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