Common name
English: Greater broomrape
German: Ginster-Sommerwurz
Portuguese: Erva-toira-maior
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Orobanche (6)
Epithet: rapum-genistae Thuill. (1)
Synonym: Orobanche carnea Guss.
carnea => flesh coloured
rapum-genistae => a knob or tuber of Genista; refering to the parasitic growths on the roots of Genista
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange, yellow