Orobanche crenata, Forskal

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 290

13. O. crenata Forskâl , Fl. Aegypt. 113 (1775)

(inch O. speciosa DC. ).

Stems up to 5O(-8O) x 1 -2 cm, slightly swollen at the base, sparsely villous, usually yellowish. Leaves 12-25 mm, linearlanceolate, dense below, sparse above. Spike up to 20(-50) x 4 cm, dense above, often lax below, villous; bracts 15-25 mm, linear- to ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate; flowers fragrant. Calyx 10-20 mm; segments free, more or less bidentate. Corolla 20-30 mm, subglabrous, white, the lips often with lilac veins, erecto-patent, straight or slightly curved, campanulate; lips divergent, the lower with large, suborbicular lobes, not ciliate. Filaments hairy, inserted 2-4 mm above base of corolla; anthers glabrous. Stigma white, yellow or pinkish. Capsule 10-12 mm. 2/z = 38. Usually on leguminous crop-plants, rarely on other herbs. S. Europe; a rare casual elsewhere.?A1 Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.