Hellroot (MatBio: EPIPHYTES & PARASITES - Matanzas Biodiversity) · iNaturalist

Hellroot

Orobanche minor

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Summary ⁶

Orobanche minor, or Common Broomrape, is a holoparasitic angiosperm belonging to the genus Orobanche; a genus of about 150 non-photosynthetic plants that parasitize other autotrophic plants.

Taxon biology ⁷

Common broomrape is a parasite. You won't find any green in this plant because it contains no chlorophyll. That is why it needs a host plant in order to obtain the necessary nutrients to grow. Its favorite host plant is red clover, although it can also parasitize on all kinds of pea family species and occasionally other random plants.

Sources and Credits

(c) maarten sepp, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/9616707@N07/3269209011
(c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5664127406_dddb8777f9.jpg
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=ormi_001_avd.tif
(c) 2008 Luigi Rignanese, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=242711&one=T
(c) 2008 Luigi Rignanese, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=242712&one=T
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orobanche_minor
(c) Copyright Ecomare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/22757718

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