Orobanche fasciculata

Family: Orobanchaceae
Common Name: clustered broomrape
Symbol: ORFA
Description: Duration: Annual Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Parasitic annual forb, stem yellowish or purplish, 1 or clustered, 5-20 cm, branched or not, fleshy, glandular pubescent. Leaves: Reduced, 5-10 mm long, scalelike, alternate, no basal leaves. Flowers: Flat-topped raceme with 5-20 flowers per plant, more than 6 bracts, borne on 3-15 cm pedicels, shorter upwards; calyx lobes 3-7 mm, campanulate, deltate, generally acuminate; corolla 15-30 mm, curved, yellowish to purple-tinged, lobes rounded to narrowly acute; anthers generally hairy; stigma 2-lobed. Fruits: Ovoid capsule, 7-10 mm long, extremely small seeds. Ecology: Found in dry, generally bare areas from 4,000-8,000 ft (1219-2438 m); flowers April-July. Notes: Parasitic on shrubs generally, Artemisia and Eriogonum are a couple in our region SEINet Portal Network. 2020. http//:swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php. Accessed on November 02.