Orobanche ramosa L.

An erect annual or perennial parasitic herb ; up to 25 cm in height . Stems erect , simple or branched from base , slender , whitish to yellowish or pale purple , glandular-pubescent . Leaves reduced to brown scales , ovate , acute , inconspicuous , 3–10 mm . Inflorescences densely spaced along the length of the stem , lower flowers ± pedicellate ; bracts 5–10 mm , ovate lanceolate , cream to greyish ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate , adnate to the calyx . Flowers bright blue with white centres , trumpet shaped ; calyx 5–10 mm , tubular , 4-lobed ; lobes lanceolate , acute , glandular-pubescent ; corolla 10–13 mm , tubular , inflated , curved and constricted just above calyx , erect to patent , white at base , white to bluish above with conspicuous white bosses inside throat , glandular-pilose ; upper lip slightly bilobed ; lower lip 3-lobed , margins ± entire ; stamens 4 , glabrous ; anthers glabrous ; stigma lobes cream-white or bluish . Fruit capsule , ± 5 mm , ovoid , in the persistent corolla . Seeds tiny , yellowish brown , up to 40 , 000 per plant . (Ref . ... Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Not Evaluated (NE)

Not Common

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