Plants Profile for Orobanche californica grayana (Gray's broomrape)

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Orobanche californica Cham. & Schltdl. ssp. grayana (G. Beck) Heckard
Gray's broomrape

General Information
Symbol:	ORCAG2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

lower 48 status

L48

Alaska status

AK

Hawaii status

HI

Puerto Rico status

PR

Virgin Islands status

VI

Navassa Island

NAV

Canada status

CAN

Greenland status

GL

Saint Pierre and Michelon status

SPM

North America

NA

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ORCAG3	Orobanche californica Cham. & Schltdl. var. grayana (G. Beck) Cronquist
ORGR4	Orobanche grayana G. Beck

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Orobanchaceae – Broom-rape family
Genus	Orobanche L. – broomrape
Species	Orobanche californica Cham. & Schltdl. – California broomrape
Subspecies	Orobanche californica Cham. & Schltdl. ssp. grayana (G. Beck) Heckard – Gray's broomrape

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
United States: Orobanche broomrape Noxious weed ¹
Alabama Orobanche broomrape Class A noxious weed ¹
California Orobanche broomrape Quarantine ¹
Florida Orobanche broomrape Noxious weed ²
Massachusetts Orobanche broomrape Prohibited
Minnesota Orobanche broomrape Prohibited noxious weed ¹
North Carolina Orobanche broomrape Class A noxious weed ¹
Oregon Orobanche broomrape Quarantine ¹
South Carolina Orobanche broomrape Plant pest ¹
Vermont Orobanche broomrape Class A noxious weed ¹
¹other than native or widely distributed species ²with the exception of O. uniflora

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Related Links

More Accounts and Images
CalPhotos (ORCAG2)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ORCAG2)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ORCAG3)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ORGR4)
Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (ORCAG2)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (ORCAG2)

Wildlife

Food

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover