May 16, 1968
Some of the most attractive and interesting of our host of parasitic plants are the various members of the broomrape, or cancer-root, family. For those who want to look them up in the wildplant manuals the botanical name of this family is Orobanchaceae. The family is divided into two genera, both represented in our area: Orobanche, the broomrapes, and Boschniakia, the ground cones.
Of the 5 species I have…
