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Thyme Broomrape

Orobanche alba

70Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun42
Jul11
Aug5
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland27
2Cornwall England23
3Highland Scotland6
4Argyll and Bute Scotland5
5City of Edinburgh Scotland1
6Portsmouth England1
23 England11 Scotland26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
70
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Orobanche alba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
271
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Orobanche
Name with authority
Orobanche alba Steph. ex Willd.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8051275