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Orobanche
Also called Cancer Root, Broomrapes
Orobanche is a genus of nearly 200 small, leafless, root-parasitic herbs mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and it is generally treated as a weed rather than a garden plant. They attach to the roots of host plants and are best recognised by their yellow to straw-coloured, chlorophyll-free stems and snapdragon-like flowers.
Orobanche, commonly known as broomrape, is a genus of almost 200 species of small parasitic herbaceous plants, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is the type genus of the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is a weed on broadleaf crop plants in Australia, where some states enforce mandatory destruction and reporting, as well as prohibition of sale.
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