Orobanche cooperi subsp. latiloba

(Munz) L. T. Collins

Phytoneuron 2015-48: 15. 2015.

Illustrated
Basionym: Orobanche ludoviciana var. latiloba Munz Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 57: 621, plate 39, fig. 18. 1931
Synonyms: Aphyllon cooperi subsp. latilobum (Munz) A. C. Schneider O. multicaulis Brandegee
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 485. Mentioned on page 479, 484.

Plants usually branched, base usually enlarged. Leaves rarely imbricate proximally; blade broadly lanceolate, 8–12 mm, apex obtuse. Inflorescences: bracts 7–11 mm, apex acuminate or obtuse, sometimes slightly reflexed. Corollas 22–32 mm; palatal folds densely villous; abaxial lip 5–9 mm, adaxial lip erect or reflexed, 6–10 mm, lobes with apiculate tooth. Anthers pubescent, stalked glands present on dorsal surface, rarely absent. Stigmas bilaminar-rhomboid, sometimes peltate or crateriform. 2n = 48, 96.


Phenology: Flowering Jan–Apr.
Habitat: Warm sandy deserts and dry washes of Sonoran Desert.
Elevation: -50–1000 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Baja California Sur), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
reflexed +  and spreading +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
reflexed +  and erect +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
obtuse +  and acuminate +
L. Turner Collins +, Alison E. L. Colwell +  and George Yatskievych +
(Munz) L. T. Collins +
enlarged +
Orobanche ludoviciana var. latiloba +
lanceolate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
not leathery +, not +  and fleshy +
erect +  and reflexed +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
lavender +  and dark purple +
divided +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
pallid +, tinged pink +  and purple yellow or blue +
bent +  and tubular +
constricted +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
spikelike +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Mexico (Baja California Sur) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
-50–1000 m. +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
inconspicuous +
Warm sandy deserts and dry washes of Sonoran Desert. +
axillary +  and terminal +
canescent +  and glandular-pubescent +
deciduous +
dark purple +  and lavender +
loosely ascending +  and recurved +
glandular-pubescent +
triangular +, oblong-lanceolate +  and narrowly ovate +
erosulate +, erose +  and entire +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering Jan–Apr. +
Phytoneuron +
spikelike +
conspicuous +
coralloid +
slender +
black;tan;dark-brown +
500 +  and 2000 +
prismatic +, ovoid +  and oblong-ellipsoid +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Illustrated +
subequal +
yellow +  and white +
aerial +  and subterranean +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
slender +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
crateriform +  and bilaminar-rhomboid +
glandular-pubescent +
Aphyllon cooperi subsp. latilobum +  and O. multicaulis +
Orobanche cooperi subsp. latiloba +
Orobanche cooperi +
subspecies +
tinged with purple;white;lavender;purple +
glandular-pubescent +
constricted +
darker purple +
perennial +  and annual +
holoparasitic +  and hemiparasitic +