Orobanche elatior Sutton, 1798 37% complete

Tall broomrape

Trans. Linn. Soc. 4: 178 (1798)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Orobanche elatior, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Sutton No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Trans. Linn. Soc. 4: 178 (1798) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1798 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Tall broomrape No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to NW. & C. China and N. Iran No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 35 cm
  • 35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow, purple Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record