Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd.

 
  • Family : OROBANCHACEAE
    (Broomrape Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MISSI FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Catodiacrum sparsiflorum Dulac; Orobanche alexandri Tineo; Orobanche annulata Griseb.; Orobanche chassia Formánek; Orobanche consimilis Schiman-Czeika; Orobanche crassistyla F.W.Schultz; Orobanche diaphana F.W.Schultz; Orobanche epithymoides Heuff.; Orobanche epithymophyta St.-Lag.; Orobanche epithymum DC.; Orobanche ferruginea K.Koch; Orobanche glabrata C.A.Mey.; Orobanche gussonei Nyman; Orobanche helianthemi J.St.-Hil.; Orobanche hians Steven; Orobanche lycica F.W.Schultz; Orobanche nuda W.D.J.Koch ex Wallr.; Orobanche paradoxa W.D.J.Koch ex Wallr.; Orobanche psilandra K.Koch; Orobanche psilostemon Novopokr.; Orobanche punctata F.W.Schultz; Orobanche rubiginosa A.Dietr.; Orobanche rubra Sm.; Orobanche saturejae-montanae F.W.Schultz; Orobanche serpylli Vaucher ex Des Moul.; Orobanche sparsiflora Wallr.; Orobanche squalida Steven; Orobanche thymi-serpylli F.W.Schultz; Orobanche thymophya St.-Lag.; Orobanche transsilvanica Porcher; Orobanche wiedemannii Boiss.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd.
  • Common name : Thyme Broomrape
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Slopes, valleys, roadsides in Himalaya, at altitudes of 2300 - 3400 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco, North Cauca
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Europe to West Himalaya, South-East Tibet to China (North-West Sichuan), North-West Africa
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 190
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Orobanche alba. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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