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Egyptian Broomrape

Phelipanche aegyptiaca

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 Israel.January 1, February 3, March 29, April 11, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Israel44
Central District24
Northern District9
Haifa8
Iraq3
Jerusalem District2
Turkey2
Al-Sulaimaniyah2
Tel Aviv1
Hakkâri1

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
GenusPhelipanche

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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