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Orobanchaceae

Egyptian broomrape

Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers.

Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Orobanche

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Egyptian broomrape: Orobanche aegyptiaca, Egyptian broomrape עלקת מצרית, רמת מנשה
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)
Arabic
هالوك مصري, زنبوخ الأرض, عويشرة, عويهيرة, عويهرة
Armenian
Ճրագախոտ եգիպտական
arz
هالوك مصرى
Chinese
分枝列当, 分枝列當, 瓜列当, 小苞列当, 小苞列當
English
Egyptian broomrape
Hebrew
עלקת מצרית
Persian
گل جالیز مصری

Synonyms

  • Kopsia aegyptiaca (Pers.) Caruel
  • Kopsia longiflora (Pers.) Dumort.
  • Orobanche aegyptiaca f. aemula Beck
  • Orobanche aegyptiaca var. aemula (Beck) Beck
  • Orobanche aegyptiaca var. lanuginosa Maire
  • Orobanche aegyptiaca var. lasianthera Maire
  • Orobanche aegyptiaca var. leiantehra Maire
  • Orobanche aemula Beck
  • Orobanche delilei Decne.
  • Orobanche fastigiata Beck
  • Orobanche ferox DC.
  • Orobanche haussknechtii Beck
  • Orobanche indica Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
  • Orobanche longiflora Pers.
  • Orobanche parasitica Fisch. ex Beck
  • Orobanche pedunculata Viv.
  • Orobanche pushpitoi M.R.Almeida
  • Phelipaea indica (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) G.Don
  • Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Pers.) Pomel
  • Phelypaea aegyptiaca (Pers.) Walp.
  • Phelypaea aegyptiaca (Pers.) Dumort.
  • Phelypaea aegyptiaca var. delilei (Decne.) Reut.
  • Phelypaea aleppensis Reut. ex Boiss.
  • Phelypaea delilei (Decne.) Walp.
  • Phelypaea indica G.Don
  • Phelypaea longiflora (Pers.) C.A.Mey.
  • Phelypaea melongenae Noë ex Beck
  • Phelypaea pedunculata Walp.
  • Phelypaea ramosa var. grandiflora Ledeb.
  • Phelypaea serotina Hausskn. ex Boiss.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.