Orobanche minor Sm.

Spice Flower detail In the field

Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Genus: Orobanche

Spanish common name: Rabo de lobo.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: DDData deficient

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte. Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Herbaceous and therophytics communities.

Characteristics: This Orobanche pertains to the group with purple or orange stigma, and overall very small with a reddish colour, with yellow flowers. It can be found at the end of spring.