Orobanche corymbosa subsp. corymbosa

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 477. Mentioned on page 466.

Plants simple, sometimes branched. Inflorescences simple corymbs or short corymbose racemes. Calyces (13–) 15–24 mm, equal to or shorter than corolla. Corollas rose, pink, or purple with darker veins, glandular-pubescent; anthers tomentose.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy soils and rocky slopes in open sagebrush communities and subalpine meadows.
Elevation: 100–3200 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies corymbosa is most often mistaken for Orobanche californica with which it was formerly associated taxonomically. The two species are very similar morphologically; Orobanche corymbosa, with only two subspecies, has much less morphological variability. Except for a small area of sympatry in eastern California, the two species are otherwise allopatric.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
reflexed +  and erect +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and truncate +
glandular-pubescent +
acute +, rounded +  and obtuse +
L. Turner Collins +, Alison E. L. Colwell +  and George Yatskievych +
(Rydberg) Ferris +
enlarged +
Myzorrhiza corymbosa +
ovate;lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not leathery +, not +  and fleshy +
lanceolate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
burgundy +, yellow +, white +, pink +  and lavender +
divided +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
ovoid;oblong-ovoid +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +  and rose +
glandular-pubescent +
bent +  and tubular +
constricted +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br />) +
spikelike +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
100–3200 m. +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Sandy soils and rocky slopes in open sagebrush communities and subalpine meadows. +
white;purple;white;purple;pink;rose +
axillary +  and terminal +
glandular-pubescent +
racemelike +  and elongate +
deciduous +
white +  and more or less pink pale-purple +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
loosely ascending +  and recurved +
glandular-pubescent +
oblong +  and oblong-lanceolate +
subequal +
erose +  and entire +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Contr. Dudley Herb. +
spikelike +
with short bifurcations +  and unbranched +
inconspicuous +
coralloid +
slender +
black;tan;dark-brown +
500 +  and 2000 +
prismatic +, ovoid +  and oblong-ellipsoid +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
subequal +
yellow +  and white +
aerial +  and subterranean +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
capitate +  and crateriform-peltate +
clavate +  and 2-4-lobed +
glandular-pubescent +
Aphyllon corymbosum +  and Orobanche californica var. corymbosa +
Orobanche corymbosa subsp. corymbosa +
Orobanche corymbosa +
subspecies +
brick-red;white;grayish white pale-pink +
glabrate +  and glandular-pubescent +
constricted +
branched +  and simple +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
holoparasitic +  and hemiparasitic +