Kebnat

Broomrape family

Orobanchaceae · 32 species

In Québec, the family Orobanchaceae (order Lamiales) counts 32 species of plants. The stars? Narrowleaf cowwheat, Beechdrops and Slenderleaf false foxglove, the most often observed. The richest region: Nord-du-Québec, with 17 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Nord-du-Québec17
  2. Côte-Nord13
  3. Montérégie12
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent10
  6. Capitale-Nationale10
  7. Estrie10
  8. Outaouais10
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine10
  10. Laurentides9
  11. Lanaudière8
  12. Mauricie7
  13. Montréal7
  14. Centre-du-Québec6
  15. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  16. Abitibi-Témiscamingue4
  17. Laval4

Broomrape family 32

Lamiales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Orobanchaceae
All214Lamiaceae71Plantaginaceae57Orobanchaceae32Lentibulariaceae13Oleaceae12Scrophulariaceae12Verbenaceae7Phrymaceae4Bignoniaceae3Acanthaceae1Linderniaceae1Paulowniaceae1
Narrowleaf cowwheat853 observations
Beechdrops510 observations
Slenderleaf false foxglove261 observations
Common eyebright231 observations
Labrador Indian paintbrush191 observations
American cancer-root173 observations
Little yellow rattle120 observations
Purple false foxglove104 observations
Labrador lousewort94 observations
Lapland lousewort89 observations
Elephanthead lousewort87 observations
Velvetbells83 observations
Canadian lousewort80 observations
Red odontites80 observations
Redrattle77 observations
An Eyebright65 observations
Wettstein's eyebright60 observations
Ghostpipes58 observations
Hairy lousewort42 observations
European purple lousewort39 observations
Smallflower lousewort37 observations
Drug eyebright23 observations
Small eyebright22 observations
Woolly lousewort17 observations
Raup's Indian paintbrush11 observations
Little Yellow Rattle10 observations
French Bartsia6 observations
Scarlet paintbrush2 observations
Elegant Indian paintbrushCastilleja elegans
Hudson Bay eyebrightEuphrasia hudsoniana
Northern eyebrightEuphrasia micrantha
Sudetic lousewortPedicularis sudetica