ONE-FLOWERED BROOMRAPE
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Orobanche uniflora L.
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| Konza Prairie Biological Station, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-8 inches |
| Family: Orobanchaceae - Broomrape Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Also Called: | | Cancer-root. | | Stems: | | Erect, unbranched, glandular-hairy. | | Leaves: | | Leaves reduced to scales. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal, 1-3-flowered; bracts not leafy, brown. | | Flowers: | | Pedicels .2 to 1 inch; calyx campanulate, .25 to .33 inch, lobes triangular-lanceolate; corolla white to lavender or purple, .6 to .8 inch, throat hairy within, 2 lipped, lower lobes 3, projecting or spreading, upper lobes 2, projecting or spreading; stamens 4; filaments glabrous or pubescent, anthers glabrous or woolly; pistil 1. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, ellipsoid, .28 to .4 inch; seeds tan to brown, ellipsoid to nearly spherical, less than .01 inch. | | Habitat: | | Oak-hickory and maple-basswood forests, thickets, bluffs | | Distribution: | | East 2/5 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Orobanche, vetch + to strangle and uniflora one + flower. The plants lack chlorophyll and are parasitic on the roots of other plants. |
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