Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel

English: Branched broomrape

German: Ästige Sommerwurz

Portuguese: Erva-toira-ramosa

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Phelipanche (1)

            Epithet: ramosa (L.) Pomel (1)

Synonyms: Kopsia ramosa (L.) Dumort., Lathraea phelypea Forssk., Orobanche albiflora Gren. & Godr., Orobanche cannabios F.W.Schultz, Orobanche cannabis Vaucher, Orobanche commutata Zumagl., Orobanche micrantha Wallr., Orobanche monoclonos Beck, Orobanche ramosa L., Phelipaea albiflora Gren. & Godr., Phelipaea proboscistyla Bianca, Phelipaea ramosa (L.) C.A.Mey., Phelipanche ramosa (Gren. & Godr.) Beck, Phelypaea aegyptiaca Hook.f. & Thomson, Phelypaea albiflora Gren. & Godr., Phelypaea proboscistyla Bianca, Phelypaea ramosa (L.) C.A.Mey., Phelypaea ramosissima Gennari

aegyptiaca => of Egyptian origin

albiflora => white-flowered

commutata => changed, altered

micrantha => bearing minute flowers

ramosa => having many branches

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, violet, beige, white

Check for Phelipanche ramosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [103] Orobanche ramosa

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.