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Orobanche minor

Common name:	Lesser Broomrape	Family:	Orobanchaceae
Author:	Sm.	Botanical references:	17
Synonyms:	Orobanche major (L.), Orobanche apiculata (Wallr.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	South and west Europe, including Britain, from Belgium south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.
Habitat:	Parasitic, mainly on Trifolium species and other herbaceous Legumes, mainly in southern and eastern Britain[17].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	0	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Broomrape [E], Erva Toira [E], Hellroot [P,B], Orabanca [E],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	minor = smaller;
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Scrophulariales. Broom-rape family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Britain; Portugal; Turkey; Us(Va)
Noxious, Invasive and Injurious Weeds	From USDA PLANTS database, Weeds Australia , DEFRA Injurious Weeds
	Listed as noxious/invasive for: Whole USA, Florida, North Carolina, South Australia, Western Australia, USA Noxious.

Physical Characteristics

Perennial growing to 0.5m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 0/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal Uses

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None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

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Web References

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for Orobanche major (a possible synonym).

[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.

References for the family Orobanchaceae.

[CHINA] Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

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Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[17] Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962
A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.

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Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future - Species Database. Copyright (c) 1997-2003.
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