Clustered Broomrape

''Orobanche fasciculata'' is a species of broomrape known by the common name clustered broomrape. It is native to much of western and central North America from Alaska to northern Mexico to the Great Lakes region, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a parasite growing attached to the roots of other plants, usually members of the Asteraceae, such as ''Artemisia'', ''Eriodictyon'', and ''Eriogonum''. This plant produces one or more stems from a thick root, growing erect to about 20 centimeters.. more