Plants Profile for Orobanche uniflora (oneflowered broomrape)

General Information
Symbol:	ORUN
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N,W L48 N SPM N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

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.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, San Diego Co., Palomar Mountain State Park. June 11, 1983. Usage Requirements.

©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Canada, Bruce Peninsula, Dorcas Bay. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Table Mountain. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 233. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
APUN2	Aphyllon uniflorum (L.) Torr. & A. Gray
ORPO	Orobanche porphyrantha G. Beck
ORPU7	Orobanche purpurea Jacq.
ORSE4	Orobanche sedii (Suksd.) Fech.
ORTE3	Orobanche terrae-novae Fernald
ORUNO	Orobanche uniflora L. ssp. occidentalis (Greene) Abrams ex Ferris
ORUNM2	Orobanche uniflora L. var. minuta (Suksd.) G. Beck
ORUNO2	Orobanche uniflora L. var. occidentalis (Greene) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde
ORUNP	Orobanche uniflora L. var. purpurea (A. Heller) Achey
ORUNS	Orobanche uniflora L. var. sedii (Suksd.) Achey
ORUNT	Orobanche uniflora L. var. terrae-novae (Fernald) Munz
ORUNT2	Orobanche uniflora L. var. typica Achey
THUN3	Thalesia uniflora (L.) Britton

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 uniflora L. – oneflowered 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

North America
Alaska	UPL
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	UPL
Midwest	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU