Orobanche portoilicitana A.Pujadas & M.B.Crespo

Species

Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Genus: Orobanche

Sinònims: Pelipanche portoilicitana (A.Pujadas & M.B.Crespo) Carlón, G.Gómez, M.Laínz, Moreno Mor., Ó.Sánchez & Schneew.

Catalan common name: Frare de Santa Pola.

Spanish common name: Jopo de Santa Pola.

Province distribution: Alacant. Lleida. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Southwestern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: ENEndangered

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Herbaceous communities and disturbed coastal sandy habitats, on species of the genus Centaurea.

Characteristics: Parasitic herb, lacking green chlorophyllous structures, perennial, pubescent-glandular. Stems 10-35 cm, erect, simple or branched, whitish-yellowish. Inflorescence terminal, 5-15 cm, very dense. Flowers with corolla 15-20 mm, erect-patent, sky-blue; tube narrow, not widening toward the apex; lobes shorter than the tube, those of the lower lip rounded. Stamens with glabrous filaments, included within the tube.