Clover Broomrape

minor: "the smaller", lesser.

Erect parasitic herb, lacking chlorophyll. Whole plant yellowish-brown, covered in glandular hairs. Stem with a few ovate-lanceolate scales. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers dull yellow, pinkish to violet-blue, with darker veins. Fruit an ovoid-ellipsoid capsule.

Local

Widespread throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere but also in most of Subsaharan Africa. This may suggest it might not be native here.