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desert broomrape

Aphyllon cooperi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 109, February 218, March 478, April 222, May 119, June 87, July 75, August 76, September 97, October 99, November 127, December 98.
United States1,892
California1,202
Arizona559
Nevada222
Mexico116
Texas75
Baja California67
Sonora22
Baja California Sur17
New Mexico12

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging 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

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