Orobanche loricata, Reichenb.

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26. O. loricata Reichenb. , Pl. Crit. 7: 41 (1829)

(incl. O. picridis F. W. Schultz ex Koch ).

Leaves narrowly lanceolate. Bracts 12-20 mm. Calyx 10-15 mm; segments unequally bifid, rarely entire. Corolla 14-22 mm, glandular-pubescent or -puberulent or subglabrous, white or pale yellow, tinged and veined with violet; upper lip emarginate to bifid; lobes of the lower lip subequalorthe middle the largest. Filaments inserted 3-5 mm abovebase of corolla. Stigma purple. 2 n-c. 38. On species of Artemisia , Pieris and other Compositae ; also on species o/ Daucus and Orlaya . S., W. & C. Europe, extending to Denmark. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Da Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (W) Sa Si.

O. fuliginosa Reuter ex Jordan , Obs. Pl. Crit. 3: 225 (1846) (inch O. angelifixa Péteaux & St-Lager ), recorded from Greece and S.E. France, appears to differ from 26 mainly in its yellow corolla tinged with brownish-red; it has been subsequently recorded from other localities in the C. & E. parts of the Medi­ terranean region, but there is little agreement among authors as to its differential characters, and some of the plants so named may be more closely related to 19 or 27.