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67.) OROBANCHACEAE - Broomrape family

Simon Harding record of Knapweed Broomrape near Bath

  • Melampyrum pratense L. (ssp. pratense? - Stace) (Common Cow-wheat) - Woodland
  • Euphrasia officinalis L. ssp. pratensis (Fr.) Schübl. & G. Martens (Stace) Euphrasia rostkoviana Hayne (Rostkov's Eyebright - Stace, Large-flowered Sticky Eyebright - NBN) Grassland
  • Euphrasia tetraquetra (Bréb.) Arrond. (Western Eyebright) Grassland
  • Euphrasia nemorosa (Pers.) Wallr. (Common Eyebright) / Grassland
  • Euphrasia confusa Pugsley (Confused Eyebright - Stace, Little Kneeling Eyebright - NBN) Grassland
  • Odontites vernus (Bellardi) (ssp. serotinus (Syme) Corb. and ssp. vernus) (Red Bartsia) / Grassland
  • Rhinanthus minor L. (ssp. minor and ssp. stenophyllus O. Schwarz) (Yellow-rattle) / Grassland
  • Pedicularis palustris L. (Marsh Lousewort) 1912 Wetland
  • Pedicularis sylvatica L. ssp. sylvatica (Lousewort) - Grassland
  • Lathraea squamaria L. (Toothwort) / Woodland
  • Lathraea clandestina L. (Purple Toothwort) - Woodland
  • Orobanche rapum-genistae Thuill. (Greater Broomrape) - General
  • Orobanche elatior Sutton (Knapweed Broomrape) - Grassland
  • Orobanche hederae Duby (Ivy Broomrape) / General
  • Orobanche minor Sm. (ssp. minor var. minor - Stace) (Common Broomrape) / Grassland

Species to add:

  • Melampyrum pratense L. ssp. latifolium Schübl. & G. Martens (Common Cow-wheat) - [Yatton, 1892, Mrs. Gregory - Brist. Fl.] - not accepted by Stace but is by Kew.
  • Melampyrum pratense L. ssp. commutatum (Tausch ex A. Kern.) C.E. Britton. var. commutatum (Common Cow-wheat)

  • Euphrasia officinalis L. ssp. anglica (Pugsley) Silverside (English Eyebright - Stace, English Sticky Eyebright - NBN) /-

  • Euphrasia arctica Lange ex Rostrup ssp. borealis (F. Towns.) Yeo (Arctic Eyebright) - [Brist. Fl. as E. brevipila]
  • Euphrasia nemorosa x E. confusa (Common x Confused Eyebright) - BSBI records
  • Euphrasia pseudokerneri Pugsley (Chalk Eyebright) - 2 records according to NBN [see file:///C:/Users/Dylan/Downloads/Euphrasia-pseudokerneri-2020-03-19.pdf]
  • Euphrasia arctica ssp. borealis x E. nemorosa (Arctic x Common Eyebright) - [Brist. Fl. as E. nemorosa x borealis]

  • Bellardia trixago (L.) All. (Mediterranean Lineseed - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 as Bartsia trixago, Glos. Fl.]

  • Orobanche crenata (Bean Broomrape) recorded in the past at St Philip's Marsh in 1905 as O. speciosa - Brist. Fl.
  • Orobanche ramosa (Hemp Broomrape) recorded in the past at St Philip's Marsh in 1905, 1907 and 1909 - Brist. Fl. and 1915 Glos. Fl.
  • Orobanche hederae f. monochroa (Ivy Broomrape) - Tyntesfield, 2025, Paul Harrington see Facebook along with other records in the vicinity
  • Orobanche minor ssp. minor var. heliophila (Brachyglottis Broomrape) - on Senecio greyii cv Sunshine - "flower bed of 'The Laurels' nursing home on Brockway - Terry Smith, 2007 - Some botanical curiosities in Nailsea - BNS Nature in Avon.

Species which need checking

E. stricta = possiply E. pseudokernii E. curta E. curta var. glabrescens

Could occur:

  • Melampyrum pratense L. ssp. pratense var. hians Druce (Common Cow-wheat)
  • Euphrasia officinalis L. [ssp. pratensis (Fr.) Schübl. & G. Martens] x E. nemorosa = E. x glanduligera Wettst. (Rostkov's x Common Eyebright)
  • Euphrasia officinalis L. [ssp. pratensis (Fr.) Schübl. & G. Martens] x E. pseudokerneri Pugsley (Rostkov's x Chalk Eyebright)