Orobanchaceae
Purple witchweed
Striga hermonthica
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Striga
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- عدر, نبات العدار
- Bambara
- Sɛgɛnin
- Chinese
- 赫蒙思独脚金
- dag
- Wubilim
- English
- Purple witchweed
Synonyms
- Buchnera hermonthica Delile
- Striga campuleia Steud.
- Striga hermonthica subsp. senegalensis (Benth.) Maire
- Striga senegalensis Benth.
Photos
Photo: USDA APHIS PPQ - Oxford, North Carolina , USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuliya Krasylenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuliya Krasylenko, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ethan Bass, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aneth David, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aneth David, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aneth David, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.