Family: Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta planiflora
Citation:
Ten., Fl. Napolit. 3:250 (1824-1829).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Small-seeded alfalfa-dodder.
Description:
Stems slender, reddish.
Inflorescence axillary, subtended by a concave triangular to orbicular obtuse bract c. 1 mm long; flowers 5-merous, in very compact clusters up to 6 mm diam.; pedicels more or less absent; calyx exceeding the corolla tube, 1.3-1.7 mm long, lobes broadly triangular, somewhat acuminate, acute to barely obtuse, more or less turgid at the apex, equalling or exceeding the tube; corolla 1.5-2.5 mm, lobes triangular, acute, turgid towards the apex, equalling the tube: stamens with filaments 0.2-0.4 mm long, shorter than or equalling the anthers; infrastaminal scale broadly obovate, shorter than or equalling the corolla tube, with very short fimbriae on the upper part; styles including the slightly longer tapering stigmas 0.7-1.5 mm long.
Capsule depressed-globular to subglobose, 1-1.5 mm long, circumscissile dehiscence; seeds less than 1 mm long.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SE. native to the Old World Mediterranean region; naturalised throughout the world.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: 1 record for Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
Parasitic on forbs.
Author:
Not yet available
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