Orobanche sp

Οικογένεια: Οροβαγχίδες

Orobanche sp ίσως Orobanche hederae Duby ή Orobanche minor Sm.

Orobanche minor: Stem 10–50 cm tall, ± glandular-pilose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5–15 mm. Inflorescence up to 40 cm, cylindrical, many-flowered, lax. Bracts lanceolate, ± equalling flower. Calyx segments equalling or slightly exceeding corolla tube, entire or 2-toothed, long-acuminate, often violet-purple. Corolla 10–18 mm, tubular, patent, yellowish-white, often tinged violet-blue at upper lip, glandular-pilose, often glabrescent. Upper lip carinate, bilobed or plicate-emarginate; lobes porrect or patent, rounded. Lobes of lower lip rounded or subtruncate. All lobes plicate, at margin glabrous and often deeply crenulate-dentate. Stamens inserted 2–3 mm above base of corolla tube, sparsely hairy at base. Stigma usually purple or violet. On a wide variety of hosts; in Greece at least Chondrilla, Convolvulus, Crepis, Hypericum, Lotus, Medicago, Oenanthe and Trifolium have been reported.

Επειδή η O. hederae παρασιτεί αποκλειστικά σε Hedera helix (Κισσός) και δεν είχε Κισσό εκεί δίπλα μάλλον προς το O. minor. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στα Χλωρίδα μας, Φυτολόγιο, greekflora.gr, Flora of Greece.

Orobanche sp

Orobanche sp

Orobanche sp