Cuscuta suaveolens, Ser .

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 75

3. C. suaveolens Ser. , Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Agric. Industr. 3: 519 (1840)

( C. corymbosa sensu Choisy , non Ruiz & Pavón).

Stems slender or of medium thickness. Flowers 3-4 mm, oblong, 5-merous, pedicellate, in lax clusters c. 10 mm in diameter. Calyx not more than J and usually only £ as long as corolla-tube; lobes triangular-ovate, subacute, not overlapping, the sinuses often with revolute margins. Corolla campanulate or infundibuliform; lobes c. £ as long as tube, erect, mostly ovate-triangular, with acute, inflexed apices. Stamens slightly exserted. Scales scarcely reaching the filaments, oblong-ovate, with rather short fimbriae. Styles slender, as long as or sometimes longer than ovary, often unequal. Capsule globose, with the persistent corolla at its base, not circumscissile. Seeds 1 - 5-2 mm. On cultivated species of Medicago and Trifolium and on other herbs. Naturalized in S. & C. Europe. [Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs It Lu Po Rs (C, W).] (Chile.)