Aphyllon californicum Calflora

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Aphyllon californicum Cham. & Schltdl.

California orobanche

Aphyllon californicum is a perennial herb (parasitic) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. californicum ... ssp. condensum ... ssp. feudgei ... ssp. grande ... ssp. grayanum ... ssp. jepsonii
Genus:	Aphyllon
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Orobanche californica
POWO	Orobanche californica

Information about Aphyllon californicum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/02/2025).