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Clove-scented Broomrape

Orobanche caryophyllacea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 512, February 378, March 592, April 932, May 1,344, June 1,466, July 1,568, August 1,349, September 990, October 739, November 404, December 316.
United States10,590
Alaska10,590
France351
Germany293
Switzerland168
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes163
Baden-Württemberg124
Austria120
Netherlands76
Niederösterreich70

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusBroomrapes · Orobanche

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