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Thyme Broomrape - Orobanche alba Seen in Late Minoan Armeni cemetery in Crete, Greece.  Geotagged,Greece,Orobanche alba,Spring,Thyme Broomrape Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Thyme Broomrape - Orobanche alba

Seen in Late Minoan Armeni cemetery in Crete, Greece.

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An annual, or possibly perennial, root parasite of Thymus polytrichus. Its principal habitat is base-rich rocky coastal slopes, but it also occurs inland on stabilised scree below limestone outcrops in N. England. Generally lowland, but reaching c. 490 m at Nappa Scar, Wensleydale (N.W. Yorks.).

Similar species: Lamiales
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Sep 6, 2024. Captured Apr 19, 2024 10:59 in Epar.Od. Rethimou-Agias Galinis 202, Armeni 741 50, Greece.
  • DSC-RX10M4
  • f/4.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 8.8mm