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conifer broomrape

Aphyllon pinorum

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 Idaho.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 6, May 9, June 8, July 24, August 14, September 4, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States164
Idaho55
Washington48
Canada39
British Columbia39
Oregon30
California26
New Mexico4

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

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