Family: Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta suaveolens
Citation:
Ser., Annls Sci. nat. 3:519 (1840).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Fringed dodder.
Description:
Inflorescence axillary, subtended by a concave ovate-lanceolate obtuse bract c. 1.5 mm long; flowers 5-merous, in loose clusters; pedicels thick, as long or longer than the flowers, more than 3 mm long; calyx shorter than the corolla tube, lobes triangular-ovate, acute, shorter than or equalling the tube; corolla 3-4 mm long, lobes triangular to triangular-ovate, acute, much shorter than the tube; stamens with filaments shorter than or equalling the anthers; infrastaminal scales oblong, barely as long as the corolla tube, fimbriate, fimbriae up to 0.5 mm long; styles 1-2 mm long, stigmas capitate.
capsule globose, not circumscissile dehiscence; seeds 1.5-2 mm long.
Published illustration:
Hegi (1927). Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 5, 3:fig. 3075).
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SE. N.S.W.; Vic. Native to South America, now a cosmopolitan weed.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Dec., Jan. (one record).
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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 cultivated legumes.
Author:
Not yet available
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