Orobanchaceae

Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f.

Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Cistanche

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Cistanche tubulosa: On the beach in Mossuril district, northern Mozambique. A parasitic plant of the Orobanchaceae family. — Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

Cistanche calotropidis (Edgew.) Wight
Cistanche calotropidis var. tomentosa (Hook.f.) Beck
Cistanche carnosa Pax
Cistanche tinctoria (Forssk.) Beck
Cistanche tubulosa f. albiflora Gilli
Cistanche tubulosa subsp. palustris S.Dutta, H.Rodrigues & Chakral
Cistanche tubulosa var. albiflora (Gilli) Hadidy
Cistanche tubulosa var. tomentosa Hook.f.
Lathraea quinquefida Forssk.
Orobanche calotropidis Edgew.
Orobanche insignis E.D.Clarke
Orobanche tinctoria Forssk.
Phelypaea calotropidis Walp.
Phelypaea insignis (E.D.Clarke) Dumort.
Phelypaea tinctoria (Forssk.) Brot.
Phelypaea tubulosa Schenk

Photos

Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diorit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diorit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diorit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Heribertus2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.