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Orobanche minor Sm.
Lesser Broomrape

Reference
Engl.Bot. 6:Tab.422 (1797)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, parasitic herb, 0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. white-cream-purple/brown, Sep to Dec. Shallow soils over granite, deep sand, calcareous soils, clay. Coastal dunes & cliffs, sandplains, roadsides, granite outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Collie, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Fremantle, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mingenew, Mundaring, Murray, Nedlands, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Williams, Yilgarn.