Orobanche californica subsp. condensa |
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California broomrape |
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Habit | Plants simple or sparsely branched below ground, 5–10(–15) cm, portion proximal to inflorescence 3–8(–12) cm, slender or stout. |
Inflorescences | corymbs, sometimes subcorymbose or subcapitate racemes, 2–6 cm; bracts pallid to pinkish tinged, drying brown. |
Pedicels | 5–12 mm. |
Corollas | sordid white to yellowish distally, 25–35 mm; tube relatively broad, usually abruptly widening slightly toward throat; throat 6–8 mm wide; lips 8–10(–12) mm, abaxial lobes lanceolate-oblong to narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm wide, apex bluntly acute or obtuse, sometimes retuse or emarginate, adaxial lobes broadly oblong, apex obtuse, rounded, or emarginate, rarely acute. |
Calyces | 10–16(–20) mm, lobes whitish or yellow, tinged with purple, linear-subulate, 7–13 mm. |
2n | = 48. |
Orobanche californica subsp. condensa |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy or gravelly soils of dry bottomlands. |
Elevation | 100–500 m. (300–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
Discussion | Subspecies condensa is found in the interior South Coast Ranges of southern California from San Benito to Santa Barbara counties. It appears to be host specific on Heterotheca villosa (Asteraceae). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 480. |
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Synonyms | Aphyllon californicum subsp. condensum |
Name authority | Heckard: Madroño 22: 59, fig. 1I–L. (1973) |
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