Plants Profile for Orobanche cooperi (desert broomrape)

General Information
Symbol:	ORCO4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
APCO2	Aphyllon cooperi A. Gray
MYCO4	Myzorrhiza cooperi (A. Gray) Rydb.
ORCOC2	Orobanche cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller ssp. cooperi	desert broomrape
ORCOL	Orobanche cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller ssp. latiloba (Munz) T.S. Collins, ined.	desert broomrape
ORLUC	Orobanche ludoviciana Nutt. var. cooperi (A. Gray) G. Beck
ORLUL	Orobanche ludoviciana Nutt. var. latiloba Munz

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 cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller – desert 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 Cooper's broomrape A list (noxious weeds)
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

U.S. Weed Information
Orobanche Orobanche cooperi Cooper's broomrape This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status