Orobanche ramosa L. subsp. nana (Reut.) Cout.

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Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Genus: Orobanche

Sinònims: Orobanche nana (Reut.) Beck

Catalan common name: Frare blau.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Parasite plant of Trifolium campestre (Fabaceae) Aetheorhiza bulbosa Hedypnois cretica i Sonchus oleraceus (Asteraceae)

Characteristics: A pubescent plant with whitish stems and intense blue flowers slightly curved downwards, swollen at the base. The calyx is whitish and with lanceolate teeth. This species is very similar in appearance to O. mutelii or O. ramosa; some authors consider it to be a subspecies of O. ramosa.

Observations: Use of the detailed biography of this species is indispensable to be able to classify the different species of this genus.