*Phelipanche ramosa (Linnaeus) Pomel. Common name: Branching Broomrape, Hemp Broomrape. Phenology: Feb-Apr; Jul-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas, mowed road verges, medians, and lawns. Distribution: Native of Asia. Reported for Hamilton County, TN in 2022 (J. Shaw, pers.comm. 2022). Reported for LA (Caddo and Jefferson Davis parishes) (Kelley & Hamsher 2022). An infestation of this serious weed was discovered in 2007 at a car wash in urban Norfolk, VA (Musselman & Bolin 2008). Reported for AL (Diamond (2016).
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Taxonomy Comments: As discussed by Musselman (1984), the identity of the sole NC record (collected in 1884) is somewhat presumptive, and the precise location uncertain.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = n/a — RAB; = Orobanche ramosa L. — C, F, FNA17, G, Il, Va. Basionym: Orobanche ramosa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Orobanche ramosa - FNA17
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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