Orobanche purpurea Jacq., 1762

Shuka, Lulezim & Tan, Kit, 2013, New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 1014-1014 : 1014

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scientific name

Orobanche purpurea Jacq., 1762
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Orobanche purpurea Jacq., 1762

Lamiaceae

Orobanche purpurea Jacq., Enumeratio Stirpium plerarumque, quae sponte crescunt in agro Vindobonensi 108, 252 (1762). Fig. 13

Orobanche purpurea Type:― Described from Austria, 'in collibus siccioribus, supra Weinhaus’.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5518; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Dry Mt, above Gorrica e Madhe (near the border with F.Y.R. Macedonia), Gropat e Palates; verbatimElevation: 1820 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°54'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°50'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR! GoogleMaps Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 3546; recordedBy: F.K. Meyer; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Shengjergji, south of Dry Mt; verbatimElevation: 1000-1300 m; Event: eventDate: 5 July 1959; Record Level: institutionCode: JE, digital specimen image! Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 4085; recordedBy: F.K. Meyer; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: N Albanian Alps, Shtegu i Dheneve, Thethi; verbatimElevation: 1300 m; Event: eventDate: 23 July 1959; Record Level: institutionCode: JE, digital specimen image!

Ecology

Phenology

Flowering June and July, fruiting July to August.

Habitat

Dry, subalpine calcareous pastures or rocky slopes, parasitic on Achillea holosericea . ― Confirming occurrence in Albania; new to the PIP, including the parts belonging to F.Y.R. Macedonia and Greece.

Distribution

Occurring almost throughout Europe and SWAsia. It has recently been reported by Meyer ( Meyer 2011) from N Albania and Dry Mt.