Orobanchaceae
Bean broomrape
Orobanche crenata
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Orobanche
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Common names
By language (11)
- Chinese
- 锯齒列當, 锯齿列当
- Czech
- Záraza vroubená
- English
- Bean broomrape
- Estonian
- Oasoomukas
- Finnish
- Härkäpavunnäive
- German
- Kerbige Sommerwurz
- Hebrew
- עלקת חרוקה
- Italian
- Sporchia, Succiamele delle fave
- Slovenian
- Krpati pojalnik
- Swedish
- Praktsnyltrot
- Welsh
- Gorfanhadlen ffa
Synonyms
- Orobanche alba M.Bieb.
- Orobanche altissima Noë ex Nyman
- Orobanche amethystea var. maura Jahand. & Maire
- Orobanche angustisepala F.W.Schultz
- Orobanche callieri (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Orobanche canescens F.W.Schultz
- Orobanche clementei C.Vicioso
- Orobanche crenata f. alba Maire
- Orobanche crenata f. silvestris Beck
- Orobanche crenata subsp. borzii Albo
- Orobanche crenata subsp. gussonei Nyman
- Orobanche crenata var. brachysepala Maire
- Orobanche crenata var. callieri Tzvelev
- Orobanche crenata var. lactiflora Pau
- Orobanche crenata var. silvestris (Beck) Beck
- Orobanche cyamophya St.-Lag.
- Orobanche grandiflora Bory & Chaub.
- Orobanche klugei J.J.Schmitz & Regel
- Orobanche minor var. lapeyrousii Noulet
- Orobanche pelargonii Caldesi
- Orobanche pruinosa Lapeyr.
- Orobanche pruinosa var. speciosa (DC.) Ball
- Orobanche punctata var. glabrata Guss.
- Orobanche schultzii f. pyramidalis Nyman
- Orobanche segetum Spruner
- Orobanche speciosa DC.
- Orobanche speciosa var. pelargonii (Caldesi) Arcang.
- Orobanche tommasinii Rchb.f.
- Orobanche viciaefabae F.W.Schultz
- Orobanche viciifabae F.W.Schultz
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 153 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Piccinini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gwynmwilliams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.