Orobanche latisquama

Orobanche latisquama is a species of broomrape in the family Orobanchaceae native to the western Mediterranean Basin.

[3] The flowers are purplish and characteristic, as the calyx is bell-shaped but with two lobes on the superior half, the column side, instead of being divided into two pieces from its base.

[4] Orobanche latisquama is native to the Iberian Peninsula (in central Portugal and south and east Spain), Northwest Africa (Morocco and Algeria) and the Balearic Islands (in Ibiza and Formentera).

[1][3][4] In Portugal it is mainly found in the Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park, Estremoz, and along the Tagus river basin.

[2] It inhabits woods, sclerophyllous shrublands and pine forests, on generally calcareous soils.