Orobanche parishii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Orobanche |
| Species: | O. parishii
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| Binomial name | |
| Orobanche parishii (Jeps.) Heckard
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Orobanche parishii is a species of broomrape known by the common names Parish's broomrape[1] and short-lobed broomrape. It is native to the coast and mountains of California and Baja California, where it is a parasite growing attached to the roots of other plants, usually shrubs of the Asteraceae, such as Menzies' goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii). This plant produces usually one thick, hairy, glandular, pale yellowish stem up to about 26 centimetres (10 in) tall. As a parasite taking its nutrients from a host plant, it lacks leaves and chlorophyll. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of flowers accompanied by dark-veined oval bracts. Each flower has a calyx of triangular sepals and a tubular corolla roughly 2 centimetres (0.8 in) long, pale brownish or pinkish in color with red veining.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Orobanche parishii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Orobanche parishii (Parish's broom rape)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Orobanche parishii
- USDA Plants Profile
- Photo gallery
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- Orobanche
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Least concern biota of Mexico
- Taxa named by Willis Linn Jepson
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