Cuscuta australis, R. Br.

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

1. C. australis R. Br. , Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. 491 (1810).

Stems moderately stout, greenish-yellow to orange. Flowers c. 2 mm, 4- to 5-merous, often glandular, shortly pedicellate, in compact glomerules. Calyx campanulate, about as long as corolla-tube; lobes ovate to orbicular, obtuse, not overlapping. Corolla campanulate; lobes obtuse or subacute, erect to patent, slightly shorter than to longer than tube. Stamens exserted. Scales shorter than corolla-tube, bifid, with a few fimbriae or reduced to mere teeth at base of corolla-tube (rarely reaching the stamens and irregularly fimbriate). Styles shorter than the globose ovary. Capsule 3-5-4 mm in diameter, globose to depressed-globose, with the persistent corolla at its base; intrastylar opening large. Seeds 1 -5 mm. S. Europe; naturalized in C. Europe. Al Bu Co Ga Ge Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, E) Si Tu [?Au Cz He Ho Hu Po].

A mainly Asiatic and Australian species, represented in Europe by two subspecies: