Orobanche litorea Guss.

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2024, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 17, Willdenowia 54 (1), pp. 5-45 : 26-27

Orobanche litorea Guss.

+ Ma: Morocco: not far from Bouznika, 33.840538°N, 07.108651°W, sandy areas covered with vegetation behind dunes, 8 Apr 2010, Pils (obs., photo; see also Pils 2022: 407, as O. artemisiae-campestris Gaudin ).

– After El Mokni & al. (2015: 8) and particularly Rätzel & al. (2018: 207 ff.) clarified the status of this species, which is presumably related to O. minor Sm. or O. artemisiae-campestris , O. litorea is better recognized as an independent species (see also El Mokni & Domina 2019) and has been reported or photographed more often, even if sometimes under a false name. This species was previously not known to occur in Morocco. The finding extends the range of O. litorea Guss. along the N African coast far to the west.

H. Uhlich, S. Rätzel & G. Pils