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Knapweed Broomrape

Orobanche elatior

330Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar0
Apr8
May21
Jun157
Jul95
Aug32
Sep3
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England35
2North Yorkshire England29
3Rutland England29
4Peterborough England20
5Oxfordshire England15
6Brighton and Hove England13
7Norfolk England10
8Northamptonshire England10
9West Berkshire England7
10Essex England5
11Suffolk England4
12Kent England4
13Portsmouth England4
14Isle of Wight England2
15East Riding of Yorkshire England1
307 England2 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
330
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Orobanche elatior
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,298
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Orobanche
Name with authority
Orobanche elatior Sutton

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7718653