BROOMRAPE FAMILY
Orobanche nana(Canavar otu)
(Sommerwurz)
Orobanchaceae
Parasitic herbs. Stems erect, branched or unbranched, up to 30
cm. Leaves scale-like. Flowers borne in dense terminal spikes. Calyx campanulate and distinctly 4-5-dentate. Corolla cylindrical, bilabiate, blue-violet. Fruit a 2-valved capsule. Fl. March-July. On a variety of hosts, s.l.
S. Europe, N. Africa, S. W. Asia eastwards to Afghanistan and Pamir-Alai.
