Cuscuta lupuliformis, Krocker

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 : 77

16. C. lupuliformis Krocker , FI. Sites. 1: 261 (1787).

Stems often reddish. Flowers 3-4 mm, 5-merous, sessile or shortly pedicellate, in spike-like inflorescences. Calyx campanulate, | - J as long as corolla-tube; lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse, overlapping. Corolla-lobes oblong-ovate, more or less obtuse, slightly crenulate or entire, erect, less than half as long as cylindrical tube. Stamens included. Scales often bifid, dentate, not reaching the stamens. Ovary ovoid. Style twice as long as stigma or longer. Capsule capped by the detached corolla. Seeds 2-3 mm. On Salix spp. and other trees. C. & E. Europe, extending westwards to the Netherlands. Au Bu Cz Ge Ho Hu Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, E).