Common name
English: Branched broomrape
German: Ästige Sommerwurz
Portuguese: Erva-toira-ramosa
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Lamiales (175)
Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Phelipanche (1)
Epithet: ramosa Pomel (1)
Synonyms: Kopsia ramosa (L.) Dumort., Lathraea phelypea Forsk., Orobanche cannabios F.Schultz, Orobanche cannabis Vauch., Orobanche commutata Zumag., Orobanche micrantha Wallr., Orobanche ramosa L., Phelipaea albiflora Gren. & Godr., Phelipaea proboscistyla Bianca, Phelipaea ramosa (L.) C.A.Mey., Phelypaea albiflora Gren. & Godr., Phelypaea emarginata Reut., Phelypaea ramosa (L.) C.A.Mey., Phelypaea ramosissima Gennari, Phelypaea reuteri Moris
albiflora => white-flowered
commutata => changed, altered
emarginata => notched, emarginate, shallowly notched, e.g.with notched margin
micrantha => bearing minute flowers
ramosa => having many branches
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, violet, beige, white
