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Fam.: Orobanchaceae / Broomrape Fam.  

Synon.:  Phelipanche mutelii  POMEL  var. nana  (REUT.) UHLICH & RÄTZEL,  Orobanche nana  (RCHB.F.) BECK,  Orobanche ramosa  L.  subsp. nana  (RCHB.F.) COUT.

Genus:  Phelipanche  POMEL,  Orobanche  L.

Formerly such usually blue colored plants have been assigned to genus Orobanche. From other Orobanche they differ by additional narrow lateral bracts (bracteoles on both sides of the wider central bract) outside of the calyx tube. Therefore they have been recombined to an own genus Phelipanche.
Phelipanche nana is a parasite on a wide range of native plants, such as various Trifolium and Medicago (Fabaceae), Aetheorhiza bulbosa, Hedypnois rhagadioloides, and Sonchus oleraceus (Asteraceae), Caucalis and Orlaya (Apiaceae), Geranium robertianum (Geraniaceae), Sherardia arvensis (Rubiaceae), Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae), various Alyssum and Diplotaxis (Brassicaceae), Potentilla recta (Rosaceae), and more species.


Authors:
   RCHB.F.:  Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
   SOJAK:  Jirí Soják (1936 - 2012), Czech botanist
   POMEL:  Auguste Pomel (1821 - 1898), French geologist and palaeontologist
   REUT.:  Georges François Reuter (1805 - 1872), French botanist
   UHLICH:  Holger Uhlich (1963 - ), German jurist and botanist with main focus on Orobanchaceae
   RÄTZEL:  Stefan Peter Rätzel (1966 - ), German botanist with main focus on Orobanchaceae
   BECK:  Günther Beck von Mannagetta and Lerchenau (1856 - 1931), Austrian botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   COUT.:  António Xavier Pereira Coutinho (1851 - 1939), Portuguese botanist
 

Etymology:
   Phelipanche:   Louis (1643 - 1727) and Hieronymus (1674 - 1747) Phelypeaux, French officers
   nana:   dwarf
   mutelii:   Pierre Auguste Victor Mutel (1795 - 1847), French botanist (MUTEL)
   Orobanche:   orobos = pea, anchein = to retch
   ramosa:   branched
   Aetheorhiza:   aethe = unusual, rhiza = root
   bulbosa:   bulbous
   microcephala:   small head
   Hedypnois:   sweet sleep
   rhagadioloides:   Rhagadiolus-like
   Sonchus:   Greek name of a thistle-like plant
   oleraceus:   vegetable
   Geranium:   geranion = crane (Greek, from the form of the fruit)
   robertianum:   Saint Robert
   Sherardia:   William Sherard (1659 - 1728), English botanist (SHERARD)
   arvensis:   growing in fields
   Plantago:   planta = sole of foot, agere = to lead
   lanceolata:   lanceolate
   Potentilla:   diminutive of potens = mighty
   recta:   upright
 

Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape, Crete Aradena - Gorge 4.4.2015
Fig. 1:  Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape (with Composites)
Crete, Aradena - Gorge 4.4.2015
Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape, Crete Aradena - Gorge 4.4.2015
Fig. 2:  Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape
Crete, Aradena - Gorge 4.4.2015
Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape, Samos Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Fig. 3:  Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape (with a Composite left below)
Samos, Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape, Samos Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Fig. 4:  Phelipanche nana / Dwarf Broomrape
Samos, Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017

 


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