Orobanchaceae
Nodding broomrape
Orobanche cernua
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Orobanche
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- دقن العادر
- Chinese
- 弯管列当, 彎管列當, 二色列当, 欧亚列当, 長苞列當, 长苞列当
- English
- Nodding broomrape
- Persian
- گل جالیز سربزیر
- Russian
- Заразиха поникшая, Заразиха поникающая
Synonyms
- Orobanche badchysensis Novopokr. & V.V.Nikitin
- Orobanche berthelotii Webb & Berthel.
- Orobanche bicolor Bertol.
- Orobanche brevidens Novopokr.
- Orobanche cernua f. desertorum Beck
- Orobanche cernua f. taurica Beck
- Orobanche cernua var. cernua
- Orobanche cernua var. desertorum (Beck) Stapf
- Orobanche cernua var. nepalensis Reut.
- Orobanche cernua var. pseudoclarkei Jafri
- Orobanche cernua var. taurica (Beck) Tzvelev
- Orobanche clavata Schiman-Czeika
- Orobanche curviflora Viv.
- Orobanche galii Klotzsch
- Orobanche gallica Gren.
- Orobanche hispanica Boiss.
- Orobanche indica Wall.
- Orobanche media Desf.
- Orobanche mulgedii Novopokr.
- Orobanche mutila Dumort.
- Orobanche nicotianae Wight
- Orobanche nikitinii Novopokr.
- Orobanche pogonanthera Reut.
- Orobanche solmsii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
- Orobanche tinei Lojac.
- Orobanche tineoi Lojac.
- Orobanche wendelboi Schiman-Czeika
- Phelipanche nikitae Teryokhin
Flowers
- In flower
- February to July, September (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paul Kirkland and Kay Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mikhail Nevsky, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Мария Ткаченко, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.