What's the name of the parasite that grows with broad beans?

Question

What's the name of the parasite that grows with broad beans?

Answer 1

Parasitic plants growing on broad beans, Vicia faba are:

Cuscuta spec. mostly reflexa:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l065...

Photo:

http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_...

and in the Mediterranean regions Orobanche spec. mostly crenata:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bs...

Photos:

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...