VIRBOGA - Orobanche crenata

Orobanche crenata Forsskal

Orobanche crenata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Habit, singular plant - Click to enlarge!

Habit, singular plant; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Habit - parasitising Faba bean (<a href=http://www.virboga.de/Vicia_faba.htm><i>Vicia faba</i> L.</a>) - Click to enlarge!

Habit - parasitising Faba bean (Vicia faba L.); Adana, Turkey; 4/2002 © Jan Grenz

Orobanche crenata - Habit, parasitic on <a href=http://www.virboga.de/Tropaeolum_majus.htm><i>Tropaeolum majus</i> L.</a> - Click to enlarge!

Habit, parasitic on Tropaeolum majus L.; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Orobanche crenata - Habit - parasitising faba bean. This plot was infested with 200 viable parasite seeds per kg of soil - Click to enlarge!

Habit - parasitising faba bean. This plot was infested with 200 viable parasite seeds per kg of soil; Adana, Turkey; 5/2002 © Jan Grenz

Orobanche crenata - Habit - parasitising lentil (<i>Lens culinaris</i> Medik.) - Click to enlarge!

Habit - parasitising lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.); near Gaziantep, Turkey; 5/2001 © Jan Grenz

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Date of entry: 17.11.2005
Last update: 18.07.2014

Common name

English: Crenate Broomrape

German: Gezähnelte Sommerwurz

Portuguese: Erva-toira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2504)

Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2403)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2035)

Order: Lamiales (157)

Family: Orobanchaceae (13) (family description)

Genus: Orobanche (6)

Epithet: crenata Forsskal (3)

crenata => with shallow, rounded teeth

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red, white

External links

Check for Orobanche crenata at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

[38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.

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