General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 to 8 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: Two sectioned ovoid capsule containing numerous tiny seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees

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Common names
  • Naked Broomrape
  • Oneflowered Broomrape
  • One Flowered Broomrape
  • Pipes
  • One-Flower Cancer Root
  • Pale Bloomrape
  • Ghostpipe
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Orobanche uniflora
  • Synonym: Thalesia uniflora

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Location: Tom McCall Preserve, Rowena, Oregon
Date: 5-2011
author--Walter Siegmund
Location: Great Falls Park, Virginia
Date: 7-2014
author--Fritzflohrreynolds
Location: Parasitizing Sedum spathulifolium; Mariposa County, California
author--Barry Breckling
Location: Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland
Date: 5-2015
courtesy of SEInet
Location: Olympic National Park, Washington
Date: 7-2014
author--Walter Siegmund
Location: Tom McCall Preserve, Rowena, Oregon
Date: 5-2011
author--Walter Siegmund
Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Feb 10, 2022 1:10 PM concerning plant:
    Naked Broomrape, Orobanche uniflora, is a woodland parasitic plant. It usually feeds off species of Sedum, though not always.

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