Orobanche arenaria Borkh.

Species Detail

Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Genus: Orobanche

Sinònims: Pelipanche arenaria (Borkh.) Pomel

Catalan common name: Frare d'arenal.

Spanish common name: Joropo de arenal.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean Irano-Turanian

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Herbaceous communities and open scrub on sandy, disturbed substrates, parasitizing species of the genus Artemisia.

Characteristics: Perennial herb, pubescent-glandular, parasitic, lacking green photosynthetic structures. Stems 20-50 cm, erect, simple, whitish. Leaves numerous, lanceolate, brownish, inconspicuous. Inflorescence 10-20 cm, not very dense, with flowers having a corolla 20-30 mm, erect-patent, widening toward the apex; throat white and lobes purplish, longer than the tube. Anthers with stiff hairs.