Key to Orobanchaceae in Mongolia

1.	Corolla tubular-campanulate to funnelform, lobes subequal.	Cistanche
–	Corolla bilabiate, lobes unequal.	2.
2.	Bracteoles 2 under or attached the calyx. Calyx cylindrical or campanulate with 4-5 teeth. Stem branched or simple. Corolla distinctly constricted above the ovary and gradually widen to the seam. Style mostly falls off. Capsule usually top opening. 2n = 24.	Phelipanche (in Mongolia only Ph. caesia)
–	Bracteoles absent. Calyx divided into 2 lateral, entire or divided segments. Stem simple. Corolla widen from the base. Style mostly persistent. Capsule usually lateral opening. 2n = 38.	Orobanche

	Cistanche

1.	Bracts, bracteoles and calyx lobes glabrous or subglabrous. Corolla 30-40 mm, pale yellow-white or pale purple. Anthers sharp acuminate or apiculate-mucronate.	Cistanche deserticola
–	Bracts, bracteoles and calyx ± hairy or arachnoideous-lanate. Corolla-seam violet. Anthers abruptly mucronate.	2.
2.	Calyx lobes ca. as well long as brood, ovate to subrounded (sometimes sparse hairy and denticulate). Corolla 25-37 mm, white, the seam violet.	Cistanche salsa
–	Calyx irregularly 5-parted, lobes unequal, acuminate. Corolla (25) 32-38 mm, yellow, becoming pale brown when dry, lobes brown-yellow when dry.	Cistanche lanzhouensis

	Orobanche

1.	Inflorescences whitish arachnoid-villous.	2.
–	Inflorescences glandular-pubescent, rarely sparsely villous.	3.
2.	Flowers from whitish base light blue or blue-violet (very rare purple).	Orobanche coerulescens
–	Flowers white.	Orobanche korshinsky
3.	Corolla tubular or tubular-campanulate, slightly constricted below middle and above attachment of filaments, mostly from whitish base bluish or violet at seam; upper corolla lip 2-lobed or emarginate; filaments inserted 5-8(-12) mm above corolla base. Hosts: Artemisia L.	4.
–	Corolla campanulate or tubular-campanulate, not constricted below middle, curved, pale yellow; upper corolla lip entire or emarginate; filaments inserted 1.5-6(-7) mm above corolla base. Host: Thalictrum L.	Orobanche krylowi
4.	Anthers densely villous along suture. Corolla mostly white-yellowish, at constriction ± geniculate. Stigma yellow, mostly stand out from the mouth of the corolla.	Orobanche pycnostachya
–	Anthers glabrous or slightly villous near base. Stigma white, not outstanding.	5.
5.	Corolla 10-22 mm, strongly curved, becoming conspiciously inflated, pale yellowish to violet, darker bluish or violet at the seam, lobes small. Anthers glabrous, rarely subglabrous.	Orobanche cernua var. cumana
–	Corolla 20-25 mm, slightly curved, at constriction something geniculate, not inflated, from whitish base dark blue or blue-purple, lobes large. Anthers villous near the base, rarely subglabrous.	Orobanche amoena

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