Orobanchaceae
Hemp broomrape
Orobanche ramosa
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Orobanche
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- هالوك متفرع
- Armenian
- Ճրագախոտ ճյուղավոր
- arz
- هالوك متفرع
- Belarusian
- Заразіха галінастая
- Catalan
- Frare blau, Caparrot, Margalida borda, Pa de llop
- Czech
- Záraza větevnatá
- Dutch
- Hennepvreter
- English
- Hemp broomrape, Broomrape, Branched broomrape
- Estonian
- Harksoomukas
- Finnish
- Tupakannäive
- German
- Ästige Sommerwurz, Žstige Sommerwurz
- Hebrew
- עלקת ענפה
- hsb
- Hałžkata hubinka
- Macedonian
- Модра китка
- Polish
- Zaraza gałęzista
- Russian
- Фелипанхе ветвистая, Заразиха ветвистая, Заразиха конопляная
- Slovak
- Zárazovec konáristý
- Slovenian
- Razrasli pojalnik
- Ukrainian
- Вовчок гіллястий, Гіллястий вовчок
- Welsh
- Gorfanc Canghennog
Synonyms
- Kopsia ramosa (L.) Dumort.
- Kopsia ramosa f. polyclonos (Wallr.) Bég.
- Lathraea phelypea Forssk.
- Orobanche albiflora Gren. & Godr.
- Orobanche cannabios F.W.Schultz
- Orobanche cannabis Vaucher
- Orobanche commutata Zumagl.
- Orobanche micrantha Wallr.
- Orobanche monoclonos Beck
- Orobanche ramosa f. polyclonos Wallr.
- Orobanche ramosa var. monoclonos (Wallr.) Delip.
- Orobanche ramosa var. ramosa
- Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel
- Phelypaea aegyptiaca Hook.f. & Thomson
- Phelypaea albiflora Gren. & Godr.
- Phelypaea emarginata Reut.
- Phelypaea ramosa (L.) C.A.Mey.
- Phelypaea ramosa var. monoclonos Wallr.
- Phelypaea ramosissima Gennari
- Phelypaea reuteri Moris
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shams948, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shams948, CC0, 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.