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Chaparral Broomrape

Aphyllon tuberosum

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 California.January 70, February 61, March 63, April 172, May 344, June 194, July 48, August 49, September 62, October 64, November 82, December 63.
California802
United States782
Mexico32
Baja California32
Nevada8

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