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Thyme Broomrape

Orobanche alba

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 103, February 76, March 120, April 188, May 271, June 296, July 317, August 272, September 200, October 149, November 82, December 64.
United States2,138
Alaska2,138
Russia176
France126
Austria84
Italy64
Kursk Oblast43
Czechia39
Occitanie38
Romania34

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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