Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Scenic Wildflowers Trains Spiders & Insects Search  Favorites   Anza-Borrego   SD & Riverside   Witch Creek Fire   California   Special   Santa Rosa Plateau   Brodiaea   Joshua Tree   Marine & Carrion   Parasitic  Mt. San Jacinto August 2008: Part 4    Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4  W.P. Armstrong, 18 August 2008 Broomrapes On Mt. San Jacinto Orobanchaceae: Orobanche parishii ssp. ? (Parish Broomrape) Collection # 1347 This species of Orobanche is similar to O. parishii in San Diego County; however, it does not exaclty fit the taxonomic descriptions or my images of ssp. brachyloba and ssp. parishii. The host shrub is San Bernardino rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus).   Other Species Of Orobanche On Wayne's Word   Orobanchaceae: Orobanche parishii ssp. ? (Parish Broomrape) Collection # 1348 A short-lobed Orobanche parishii in Tamarack Valley that resembles the southern California coastal Orobanche parishii ssp. brachyloba. The host shrub is tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Orobanchaceae: Orobanche fasciculata (Clustered Broomrape) Photographed in Tamarack Valley at an elevation of 9,000 ft. (274 m). It was growing near short-lobed O. parishii (see previous images) on the same species of host shrub (Artemisia dracunculus). Return To WAYNE'S WORD Home Page Return To NOTEWORTHY PLANTS Page Go To Biology GEE WHIZ TRIVIA Page Go To The LEMNACEAE ON-LINE Page All text material & images on these pages copyright © W.P. Armstrong