Orobanche lavandulacea No English name
As evening came, I walked down a road with a patch of Bituminaria bituminosa at the side of it and there in the middle was a dark blue Orobanche. Consulting the books, this plant can parasitise a number of herbs but Bituminaria bituminosa (Pitch Trefoil) a common roadside plant in these parts, is the usual host.
Roadside near Ano Stallos, Crete 6th April 2007
Added on 12th June 2007