Orobanchaceae

Orobanche amethystea Thuill.

Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Orobanche

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Orobanche amethystea: Orobanche amethystea . In Navès (Solsonès-Catalunya). To 1.360 m. altitude — Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Catalan: Frare del panical
German: Amethyst-Sommerwurz
Italian: Amethyst-Sommerwurz
Russian: Заразиха аметистовая
Swedish: Ametistsnyltrot

Synonyms

Orobanche amethystea f. eryngii (Duby) Batt.
Orobanche amethystea f. galactitis Batt.
Orobanche amethystina Rchb.
Orobanche attica Reut.
Orobanche bracteata Viv.
Orobanche caerulea Planellas
Orobanche eryngii Duby
Orobanche eryngii-rampestris F.W.Schultz
Orobanche eryngiophya St.-Lag.
Orobanche knappii Pant.
Orobanche lamyana Nyman
Orobanche laxa Pomel
Orobanche minor f. flavescens Batt.

Photos

Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz, 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); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.