Nodding Broomrape (Orobanche cernua)
Orobanche cernua is a non-photosynthetic root parasite. It infests crops like tobacco and sunflower, causing severe losses. Distinctive blue-violet flowers appear.
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Synonyms
Orobanche badchysensis Novopokr. & V.V.Nikitin
Orobanche berthelotii Webb & Berthel.
Orobanche brevidens Novopokr.
Orobanche clavata Schiman-Czeika
Orobanche curviflora Viv.
Orobanche gallica Gren.
Orobanche hispanica Boiss.
Orobanche media Desf.
Orobanche mulgedii Novopokr.
Orobanche mutila Dumort.
Orobanche nicotianae Wight
Orobanche nikitinii Novopokr.
Orobanche pogonanthera Reut.
Orobanche solmsii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
Orobanche tineoi Lojac.
Orobanche wendelboi Schiman-Czeika
Phelipanche nikitae Teryokhin
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderLamiales
- familyOrobanchaceae
- genusOrobanche
- speciesOrobanche cernua