Common names:
Lesser broomrape, common broomrape
Family:
Scientific name:
Orobanche minor
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales and south/central England
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, roadsides, verges. A parasitic species, mostly on roots of members of the pea family
Flowers:
The corolla is creamy-yellow in colour, crossed by purple veins, up to 18 mm in length, and gently curving, convex on top. It opens to two lips, the lower rounded, the upper straight. The stigma lobes are purplish, and not touching. The purplish calyx is divided into two lips, both deeply divided into narrow, thread-like lobes. Flowers are produced as an elongated cluster, each subtended by a lobed bract
Leaves:
None; only a few small, scale-like bracts
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
