Orobanche cernua var. australiana

Brown erect herb, usually 15–45 cm high, glandular-hairy with hairs on the inflorescence and stem 0.1–3 mm long, appressed and irregularly curled. Leaves broad-ovate, 8–20 mm long, 2–5 mm wide; bracts often larger than leaves. Calyx segments 10–15 mm long, entire, obscurely ribbed, appressed on either side of the corolla, possibly sometimes also with a minute abaxial sepal present; corolla 15–20 mm long, purple at least on the lobes, glabrous but for small patches of irregularly curled glandular hairs, tube initially ascending then decurved, upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed and recurved, lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes obscurely crenate; stamen filaments glabrous, thickened towards base, anthers drying white; style whitish. Capsule 8–10 mm long.   Flowers mostly spring.