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Fam.: Orobanchaceae / Broomrape Fam.  

Synon.:  Orobanche platystigma  RCHB.

Genus:  Orobanche  L.

The Thistle Broomrape lives on Carduus defloratus, Carlina acaulis, as well as on plants of genus Knautia and Scabiosa. The other subspecies Orobanche reticulata subsp. pallidiflora, of which the blossoms are brighter, lives on different species of genus Cirsium and Carduus.


Authors:
   WALLR.:  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth (1792 - 1857), German botanist
   RCHB.:  Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Orobanche:   orobos = pea, anchein = to retch
   reticulata:   mesh-like
   platystigma:   platys = wide, stigma = stigma
   Carduus:   Roman plant name
   defloratus:   withered
   Carlina:   Karl der Große (Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus, 747-814), German Emperor
   acaulis:   stemless
   pallidiflora:   pale-flowered
 

Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape, D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
Fig. 1:  Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape
D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape, D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
Fig. 2:  Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape
D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape, D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)
Fig. 3:  Orobanche reticulata subsp. reticulata / Thistle Broomrape
D Prittriching 30.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

 


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