Cuscuta planiflora, Ten.

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

14. C. planiflora Ten. , FI. Nap. 3: 250 (1824-1829).

Stems slender, much branched. Flowers 1-5-2-5 mm, 5-merous; glomerules 5-6 mm in diameter, small, compact, globose. Calyx white, rarely pink, as long as corolla-tube, deeply divided; lobes longer than tube, distinctly turgid (swollen, nearly semicircular in cross-section), oblong or more rarely ovate. Corolla white; lobes patent, acute, about as long as the campanulate tube, often cuculiate at apex. Stamens exserted. Scales oblong, usually reaching the stamens, shortly fimbriate. Styles (including stigmas) about as long as ovary. Capsule depressed-globose, enveloped by the corolla. Seeds less than 1 mm. On dwarf shrubs and annuals. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rm Sa Si.