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Orobanchaceae
Clover broomrape
Orobanche minor
Also known as Clover cancer root, Orobanche minor, Lesser broomrape, Orobanche leonuri
Native Plants · Parasitic Plant · Broomrape · Orobanchaceae · Wildflower · Weed · Holoparasite · Meadow · Clover Parasite · European Native · Botanical Curiosity
Clover broomrape is a parasitic flowering plant that attaches to the roots of legumes and other hosts, making it essentially impossible to cultivate as a standard garden plant. It is generally considered a weed in agricultural settings and is not recommended for home cultivation. It is best appreciated as a botanical curiosity in wild or naturalized meadow settings where host plants are already established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Does not require direct watering; obtains water and nutrients entirely from host plant roots · Dependent on host plant moisture
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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