Phelypaea


Phelypaea is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to the Balkans, Greece, Crimea, the Caucasus region, Anatolia, the Levant, Iraq and Iran. They are root parasites which cannot conduct photosynthesis and are only seen above ground when flowering.

Species

Currently accepted species include:
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Phelypaea boissieri StapfAlbania, Greece, Yugoslavia
Phelypaea coccinea Poir.Greece, Iran, Krym, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Phelypaea helenae Popl. ex SukaczevKrym
Phelypaea tournefortii Desf.Transcaucasus, Turkey