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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Orobanche aegyptiaca

Common Name(s)
Egyptian broomrape
Synonym(s)
Kopsia aegyptiaca, Orobanche indica, Phelipaea indica, Phelipanche aegyptiaca, Phelypaea aegyptiaca, Orobanche ramosa

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  forb

Middle East.

Egyptian Broomrape is a plant which is an obligate holoparasite from the family Orobanchaceae with a complex life cycle. This parasite is most common in the Middle East and has a wide host range including many economically important crops (GBIF).

Not sold as ornamental, seed contaminant.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA Plants Database page
Tropicos Species Page
CABI
Calflora
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