Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f.

Parasitic perennial herb ; up to 20–50(–80) cm tall , often growing on species of Atriplex . Stems erect , unbranched , robust , often swollen towards the base , yellow to grey-violet , fleshy , glabrous , obscured by early flowers that have died . Leaves 15–30 × 5–12 mm , sessile , scale-like , ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate , obtuse , margins scarious , glabrous , brown , unobtrusive . Inflorescences in dense terminal spikes (10–)15–30(–35) cm , ± cylindrical , showy ; bracts 15–20 mm , ovate-lanceolate , crenulated , glabrous ; bracteoles 2 , 12–15 mm , oblonglanceolate , adnate to the calyx . Flowers bright yellow ; calyx 12–18 mm , campanulate ; tube curved , dilated above , 5-lobed , lobes ± equal , suborbicular to broadly oblong ; corolla 30–50 mm , broadly campanulate , tube curved with 2 bosses at throat , bright yellow often flushed violet , pink or purple , glabrous ; lobes suborbicular , spreading but usually curved backwards ; stamens 4 ; filaments hairy below ; anthers villous . Fruit capsule , ovoid , black , loculicidal , 2-valved . Seeds minute . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Not Evaluated (NE)

Frequent

Cistanche tubulosa Wight
Cistanche tinctoria (Forssk.) Beck
Orobanche tinctoria Forssk.; Phelypaea tubulosa Schenk