Orobanchaceae
56 edible species
Parasitic plants including broomrape; some species edible but mostly weeds.
Broomrape
Edible: Flowers - colouring, Plant
Yellow ghost flower
Edible: Flowers
Chaparral broomrape
Edible: Roots
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush
Wyoming paintbrush
Edible: Flowers, Caution
Marsh-Meadow Paintbrush
Giant Red Paintbrush
Downy Paintedcup
Edible: Leaves, Root, Young stem, Vegetable
Dhunun
Edible: Root
Violet cistanche
Edible: Root, Bulb
Squaw root, Bear corn
Edible: Roots
Edible: Fruit
Saffron of Andes
Edible: Roots - flavouring
Edible: Roots - moisture
Ground cone
Edible: Root
Perritos
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Roots - spice
Egyptian broomrape
Edible: Flower stem
Lie Dang
Edible: Leaves, Root
California broomrape
Edible: Root
Gray's broomrape
Edible: Stems, Roots
Nodding Broomrape
Edible: Root, Seeds
Blue-flowered orobanche, Temegen sull
Edible: Leaves - tea, Leaves
Desert broomrape, Cooper's broomrape
Edible: Root, Stem
Broomrape
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable
Cancer root, Clustered broomrape
Edible: Stems
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Sprouts, Roots
Lesser broomrape
Edible: Shoots
Manyflowered broom rape
Conifer Broomrape, Pinewoods Broom-rape
Edible: Leaves, Root
Ground Cone
Edible: Root
One flowered Cancer root
Edible: Stems, Root
Edible: Leaves
Arctic Lousewort, Woolly lousewort, Alpine lousewort
Edible: Leaves, Root
Common lousewort, Canadian lousewort, Wood betony
Edible: Leaves
Entire leaf lousewort
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Indian warrior, Warrior's plume
Edible: Flowers - nectar
Edible: Leaves
Hairy Lousewort
Edible: Leaves, Root
Woolly lousewort
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Swamp lousewort
Edible: Leaves
Langsdorf's Lousewort
Edible: Root, Leaves - tea
Lousewort, Song-i-p'ul
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers - nectar
Edible: Flowers - nectar, Leaves
Sudetic Lousewort
Edible: Leaves, Root
Lousewort
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flower stem
Edible: Nectar
Purple witchweed
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Edible: Leaves