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|accepted_name=Orobanche californica subsp. californica
|accepted_authority=unknown
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aphyllon violaceum
|authority=Eastwood
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|name=Myzorrhiza violacea
|authority=(Eastwood) Rydberg
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|name=Orobanche comosa var. violacea
|authority=(Eastwood) Jepson
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|name=O. grayana var. nelsonii
|authority=Munz
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|name=O. grayana var. violacea
|authority=(Eastwood) Munz
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|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Orobanche;Orobanche californica;Orobanche californica subsp. californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orobanche]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Orobanche californica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Orobanche californica subsp. californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 478, 481
|treatment_page=page 479
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>simple or branched from below ground, 5–20(–27) cm, portion proximal to inflorescence 1–14 cm, slender. <b>Inflorescences</b> corymbs, sometimes subcorymbose or subcapitate racemes, 4–8 cm; bracts purple tinged, drying blackish purple. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–10 mm. <b>Calyces</b> 8–17(–24) mm, lobes purple tinged, drying blackish purple, subulate to linear-subulate, 6–20 mm. <b>Corollas</b> dark purple or red-purple distally, (22–)25–40(–55) mm, tube slender, abruptly widening toward throat; throat 8–10 mm wide at base of lobes; lips 10–14(–18) mm, abaxial lobes lanceolate to oblong, 3–4(–5) mm wide, apex acute to obtuse, adaxial lobes oblong-ovate, apex broadly obtuse to acute, shallowly retuse, or erosulate. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Mar–)May–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Rocky banks, sand flats, tidal marshes, coastal prairies and slopes.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies californica is uncommon on rocky banks, sand flats, and slopes near the sea from southwestern British Columbia, San Juan Islands, and adjacent mainland Washington, and to coastal prairie and bluff tops in California from Humboldt County south to San Luis Obispo County. Available habitat in the southern portion of the range is adversely affected by infestations of <i>Carpobrotus edulis</i> (Aizoaceae).</p><!--
--><p>The primary host for <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> californica</i> is <i>Grindelia</i> (<i>Asteraceae</i>). Reports on <i>Ambrosia chamissonis</i>, <i>Erigeron glaucus</i>, and <i>Heterotheca villosa</i> need confirmation.</p><!--
--><p>Subspecies californica is fairly discrete and easily recognizable throughout most of its range. The deep lavender to reddish purple exterior of the corolla, long corolla tube, and long lips are unique to this taxon. The maritime habitat is shared with several other taxa in California: <i>Orobanche californica </i>subsp.<i> grandis</i>, <i>O. parishii </i>subsp.<i> brachyloba</i>, and <i>O. robbinsii</i>; however, the microhabitats and primary hosts of each differ markedly, with <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> californica</i> the only one of these primarily on coastal prairie, especially blufftop (marine terrace) habitat, and primarily parasitic on <i>Grindelia</i>.</p><!--
--><p>Morphological variation within <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> californica</i> is partially correlated with geography. Along the central California coast, plants usually have corollas 35–55 mm with broad lobes, apically rounded, and deep purple. The plants of coastal Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia have shorter and narrower corollas (25–35 mm), often with pointed lobes and slightly paler color.</p>
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name=Orobanche californica subsp. californica
|author=
|authority=unknown
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Aphyllon violaceum;Myzorrhiza violacea;Orobanche comosa var. violacea;O. grayana var. nelsonii;O. grayana var. violacea
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Mar–)May–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Rocky banks, sand flats, tidal marshes, coastal prairies and slopes.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=
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|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Orobanche
|species=Orobanche californica
|subspecies=Orobanche californica subsp. californica
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