Fasciculata: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

	caudex somewhat woody; NOT [caudex soft]
	each branch of caudex bearing a few or several flowers; NOT [each branch of caudex bearing a single flower]
	flowers borne on long pedicels; NOT [flowers sessile or nearly so, in a dense, spike-like cluster at the top of the thick stem]
	flowers without bracts; NOT [1 or 2 long bracts beneath each flower]

Orobanche: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	plants glandular puberulent; NOT [plants glabrous throughout]
	calyx nearly regular or cleft on both upper and lower sides; NOT [calyx deeply cleft on the lower side only]
	lower lip of corolla as long as or longer than the upper; NOT [lower lip of corolla much shorter than the upper]
	stamens included; NOT [stamens exserted]
	placentae 4; NOT [placentae 2]