Orobanchaceae
Ivy broomrape
Orobanche hederae
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Orobanche
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Common names
By language (12)
- Dutch
- Klimopbremraap
- English
- Ivy broomrape
- Esperanto
- Hedera orobanko
- Finnish
- Muratinnäive
- German
- Efeu-Sommerwurz, Efeusommerwurz
- hsb
- Blušćowa hubinka
- Hungarian
- Borostyán-vajvirág, Borostyán-szádor
- Polish
- Zaraza bluszczowa
- Slovenian
- Bršljanov pojalnik
- Spanish
- Esparrago de lobo, Espárrago de lobo, Hierba tora
- Swedish
- Murgrönssnyltrot, Murgrönesnyltrot
- Welsh
- Gorfanhadlen eiddew
Synonyms
- Catodiacrum luteum Dulac
- Orobanche aralioctona Meisn.
- Orobanche balearica Sennen & Pau
- Orobanche barbata Sm.
- Orobanche chaboissaei Lacroix
- Orobanche glaberrima Guss. ex Reut.
- Orobanche hederae f. stenantha (Lojac.) Beck
- Orobanche hederae var. godronii Rouy
- Orobanche hederae-helicis F.W.Schultz
- Orobanche hederifixa St.-Lag.
- Orobanche helicis Rota
- Orobanche laurina Bonap. ex Bertol.
- Orobanche stenantha Lojac.
- Orobanche vaucheri Noulet
- Orobanche vaucherii Noulet
- Orobanche yuccae Pi.Savi ex Bertol.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Ivy broomrape: Orobanche hederae Source : [1]](/plants/orobanche-hederae/photos/985404cea0becaee-s.webp?w=330)
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saskia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julien Tchilinguirian, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Meurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Xabi Rome-Hérault, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Xabi Rome-Hérault, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Ivy broomrape: Orobanche hederae Source : [1]](/plants/orobanche-hederae/photos/985404cea0becaee-l.webp)
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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.