2459

Forb
Annual

Non-native: Asia
Documented growing wild in - NC -

Waif(s)

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

SC List of Regulated Pest Plant Species, 2017
USDA Federal Noxious Weed List, 093014

 

...Variable

LEAVES:

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/ Yellowish/ Pale violet
4-lobed tubular calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla ?
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phelipanche ramosa   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orobanche ramosa   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Orobanche ramosa