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Louisiana broomrape

Aphyllon ludovicianum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 5, February 5, March 5, April 9, May 6, June 8, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 5, November 4, December 4.
United States336
Canada90
Alabama58
Texas47
Illinois39
Ontario34
Colorado26
Michigan21
Minnesota17
New Mexico16

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
GenusAphyllon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Louisiana broomrape with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.