Orobanche foetida Poir.

Species

Family: OROBANCHACEAE

Genus: Orobanche

Catalan common name: Frare de platja.

Spanish common name: Joropo de playa.

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

Distribution in the islands: Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Southwestern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Scrub and perennial herbaceous communities on coastal sand dunes, parasitizing legumes (usually Ononis ramosissima and Lotus creticus).

Characteristics: Parasitic plant, glandular-pubescent, entirely deep reddish-brown. Stems 20-50 cm, erect, simple. Inflorescence terminal, with bracts 15-25 mm, lanceolate, exceeding the corolla; without bracteoles. Flowers with corolla 15-20 mm, erect-patent, widening toward the apex; lower lip glabrous, upper lip bilobed; tube bright maroon inside, yellowish or whitish at the base. Stigma bright yellow (reddish when mature).