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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Orobanchaceae
Orobanche fasciculata Nutt.
clustered broom-rape
Orobanche: from Greek orobos, a kind of vetch, and anchone, "choke or strangle" because of a parasitic habit, this was the Greek name of a plant that was parasitic on vetch
fasciculata: meaning "of bundles"
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2"-6" tall forb; parasitic on roots, especially Artemisia |
| Flower: | pink to white, 5-parted, 1/2"-1" long, tubular-shaped, 2 lips with lobes about the same the length as the tube, stalk longer than the flower and barely longer than the stem; inflorescence of 4-10 flowers in loose, flat-topped cluster (corymb); blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | oval, scale-like, fuzzy |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, inland sands; in sandy soil |
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